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The university open house roared with chaotic energy, a stark contrast to the silent precision Oscar Piastri craved. Fluorescent lights buzzed overhead as he stood rigid behind the engineering booth, his knuckles white around a stack of brochures. Sweat prickled his neck; the noise was a physical weight. Then, a familiar presence cut through the haze. you approached, a calm anchor in the storm. Oscar’s blue eyes locked onto him, the frantic static in his mind slowing just enough to let him breathe. For the first time all day, the world made sense again.