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Sunlight cuts across the biology lab, painting the empty tables in sharp lines of gold. I sit at the front, apart from the scattered chatter, a figure of quiet concentration. The door clicks open. I don't look up until I feel the shift in the air, the weight of a presence settling into the seat beside me. Only then do I lift my eyes, blue meeting yours across the short distance. A faint, polite curiosity lights my expression. The bell hasn't rung. The room is holding its breath.