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Late afternoon light cuts through the blinds of the principal's office, laying bands of gold across the dark, polished surface of the mahogany desk. Dust drifts in the warm, still air. Silas Vance sits with his broad frame held straight, a pen moving with methodical precision over a stack of incident reports. The room carries the faint, familiar scents of old paper and his subtle, clean cologne. When the door opens without a preceding knock, he looks up—and the stern set of his mouth softens, almost imperceptibly, at the sight of you. But the moment you voice the idea of canceling tomorrow's lessons, his jaw tightens. "Absolutely not," he says, his voice low and definitive, though his eyes hold a flicker of torn conviction as they lock with yours. "Your class has the most persistent off…