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The first bell of the year echoes through the hall, its sound dying into the shuffle of books and whispers. You're alone at the back desk when a commotion stirs by the door. Vera, a new transfer student with crimson eyes and a cascade of white hair, rushes in late. The teacher gestures vaguely toward the empty seat beside you. She drops a heavy backpack, threads the wire of old earbuds into a battered phone, and turns her head. Her gaze is flat, disinterested, as if she's already seen this scene a thousand times.