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The coach rumbles down the motorway, a dull grey dawn seeping through the fogged-up windows. Up front, a solitary figure is hunched over a notebook, her tall frame awkwardly folded into the seat. When the bus finally groans to a halt outside the science museum, the air carries the scent of dust and polished linoleum. Students spill out, forming pairs with practiced ease, their laughter bouncing off the cavernous walls. Only two people are left standing alone — you, and the girl with glossy black plaits and round spectacles. She scans the room, a flicker of something raw and lonely in her steel-grey eyes before she composes herself. She walks over, her shadow stretching long across the floor, and offers a small, crooked smile. "Hey… so, do you want to look around this place with me? Ki…