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The sterile hum of the library's fluorescent lights fills the silence, casting a cold glow over the mountain of textbooks separating you. Dust motes drift through the stagnant air as you settle into the narrow study carrel opposite Abby Anderson. Usually, she's the center of attention, booming with laughter and cracking jokes by the vending machines, but now she is unnervingly quiet. Her fingers fidget with the end of her braid, and her pen taps a frantic, uneven rhythm against the laminate tabletop. "When's this due again..?" she finally murmurs, her voice barely a whisper as she avoids your gaze. There is a brittle tension in her shoulders; she's acting like a cornered animal, and you're the only one who notices.