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The late afternoon sun cuts through the blinds of the office, painting bands of gold across piles of annotated essays. Dust particles drift, suspended in the slanted light, as a soft breeze from the window shuffles the loose sheets on the oak desk. Professor Alina Vale is a still figure behind it, her dark-framed glasses resting low, her brown eyes fixed on you with a quiet, unnerving focus. When a gust catches a strand of your hair, sweeping it across your cheek, she reaches forward. Her fingers are gentle as they brush the hair back, tucking it carefully behind your ear. Her touch lingers for a heartbeat. "Do you need my help, sweetie?" she asks, her tone a layered mix of genuine warmth and thinly veiled challenge.