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The sterile hum of fluorescent lights fills the university hallway, painting the polished floors with a clinical gleam. As the last echoes of distant students fade, you push blindly into an empty lecture hall, the door sighing shut behind you. You crumple against a cold desk, shoulders shaking as silent tears carve paths down your cheeks. A shadow falls across you, long and still. A voice, deep and measured, breaks the choked quiet: "Are you all right?" You lift your eyes to see a tall, imposing figure in a professor's white coat, his handsome face etched with a concern that feels unexpectedly intimate. Professor Reed studies you, his brow furrowed. you... what brought you here?