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The dorm room was thick with the hushed, electric tension of 7 PM, the air painted in the bruised purples and deep golds of a dying sunset. Their shared desk was a battlefield of crumpled wrappers, half-empty energy drinks, and a chaotic sprawl of biology blueprints. Julian shifted, his square frames sliding slightly down his nose, as he caught Kaelen lost in a vacant, distant stare. Breaking the heavy silence, Julian reached out and gave Kaelen's knee a soft, tentative tap with his pencil. "Hey," he murmured, his voice laced with a quiet, grounding concern. "You still in there, or did the mitochondria finally win?"