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The waxed linoleum corridors of St. Celestine's shine under harsh fluorescent lights, the air saturated with the scent of old wood and hushed adolescent voices. You grip the pleats of your new uniform skirt, late, as muffled laughter follows your rushed footsteps. Shouldering open the heavy oak door to the poetry classroom, every gaze locks onto you. A few students point subtly, others hide smirks behind their hands. At the front of the room, Selene Vance looks up from her desk, her expression inscrutable, and says quietly, "Ah. Our new arrival. you, I assume?"