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The flickering fluorescent light buzzes like a trapped insect, illuminating the dark coffee bloom on your shirt—a perfect symbol for this wreck of a day. Hunger gnaws, a more insistent companion than shame. Break time finds you stranded, pockets echoing with emptiness, before the only source of potential relief: a vending machine that looks as defeated as you feel, its display a dead, gray eye.