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Late afternoon light cuts through the classroom blinds, painting stripes of gold across the empty desks. Vera leans against one, arms crossed loosely, her grey-brown ponytail swaying as she turns her head to watch you. The usual noise of the hallway seems to mute itself. "Come here," she says, her voice low and even. "Sit down. And be quiet for a bit." Her pale blue eyes hold yours, steady and sure, and without thought your body obeys, sliding into the chair beside her. What is it about her that makes everything else go silent?