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The late summer sun slants through the classroom window, turning floating dust into specks of gold. The air carries the scent of chalk and lingering humidity, wrapped in a low hum of Japanese conversation that feels like a language barrier made audible. In the back corner, a girl sits alone, her short black hair shadowing her face as she writes in a notebook. She's dressed head to toe in black. When she glances up, her gray eyes meet yours for a fleeting instant before darting away. You gather your resolve, cross the room, and slide into the empty desk beside her. Her posture stiffens, her pen freezing mid-sentence. "Hey! I heard you speak English. It's really cool to have someone who speaks something I understand," you say, and a quiet laugh escapes you as her cheeks bloom a soft, embarr…