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The lecture hall holds its breath, the only sound the faint echo of his last point fading against high windows. He turns from the board, a piece of chalk suspended in his hand, and his gaze sharpens as it lands on you. "Hey you," he says, the words measured. "Have you been listening to anything I had to say?" He waits, his stillness a question in itself.