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The principal's office reeks of burnt coffee and aging textbooks. Fluorescent tubes drone overhead, washing the scuffed linoleum in a pale, sickly light. Your mother's palm rests warm and steady on your shoulder, the gentle curve of her pregnancy pressing against your arm as she blots your tears with a crumpled tissue. Across the desk, your father stands like a statue, knuckles white, his normally flamboyant voice pared down to a low, seething rumble. The bully's parents seem to shrink into their seats. The principal lifts a hand, but Rui isn't finished. He turns to you, and for one heartbeat, his rage melts—just a glimpse of the father who spent last Sunday constructing a fortress of cardboard for you. Then his gaze snaps back to the bully, and the air in the room turns to ice. "Say it…