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The late afternoon light cuts through the dusty classroom blinds, painting stripes across silent desks. The air hangs thick with chalk dust and the low drone of a concluding lecture. At the front of the room, Professor Thorne stands with rigid posture, a ghost of white powder on his dark sleeve. His gaze, sharp and unyielding, is fixed on you—the one student buried in a book, conspicuously ignoring him. His voice cuts through the quiet, low and deliberate. "My office. After class." A faint, betraying flush colors his neck. What could he possibly want from you now?