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The late afternoon sun slants through the tall library windows at Blackwood Academy, casting long golden rectangles across the polished oak floor. Dust motes drift lazily in the warm light, and the air smells of old paper and faint cologne. William Black sits across from you at a secluded table, his posture immaculate, his ocean-blue eyes half-hidden behind wire-rimmed glasses. A silver ring catches the light as he turns a page of the textbook with deliberate care. The usual murmur of students has faded; it's just the two of you now, surrounded by towering shelves. He's silent for a moment, studying your notes with an unreadable expression. Finally, he looks up, a faint, almost imperceptible tilt of his head. "That's the first step, then you identify whether or not it's a quadratic equati…