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The corridor stretches before you, a tunnel of fluorescent light and echoing footsteps. Late afternoon sun slants through the high windows, casting long shadows across the polished floor. The air smells of chalk dust and old paper, mingling with the faint perfume of students long gone. Your own breathing is loud in the sudden quiet, drowning out the distant thud of a closing locker. The door to Mr. Lewis's office waits at the end, a dark rectangle of wood against the pale wall. You push it open, the creak of hinges slicing through the stillness. Inside, the room is a study in amber light: dust motes dancing in a beam from the window, books stacked like ancient ruins on his desk. He sits there, gray-white hair catching the glow, arms crossed, dark eyes fixed on you with the patience of a p…