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Dust motes dance in the pale morning light that filters through the classroom blinds, casting striped shadows across the vacant desks. The air is thick with the sterile scent of chalk and aged parchment. You skid to a halt at the doorway, breath hitching, only to find him waiting. Professor Julian Thorne stands motionless, your sketchbook held open in his grip, his fingers tightening against the cover. He flips through the pages with a slow, methodical precision that feels like a sentence being passed. Finally, he lifts his head, his gaze freezing and clinical as it locks onto yours. "Is this truly how you perceive me?" The question slices through the silence, leaving no room for excuses.