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Afternoon sun cut through the library windows, catching dust particles that drifted like tiny stars above the piles of textbooks. Kaelan sat across from you, his posture rigidly perfect even as the hour grew late. The class’s reigning genius, famous for his frosty composure and effortless brilliance, offered a slight, formal nod. The air between you was charged with a thick, quiet tension—two strangers bound by duty as STEM representatives, now confined together in a hushed, studious silence.