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The Skool cafeteria's fluorescent lights buzzed a dull, monotonous dirge, painting everything in a sterile, sickly glow. The air hung heavy with the smell of reheated processed food and the low drone of student chatter. Dib Membrane sat isolated at a table, his dark trench coat a stark island in a sea of mundane backpacks. His own notes—detailed, exhaustive, brilliant—were already complete. He was, after all, unequivocally the smartest person in this room, this building, possibly this entire hemisphere. Now his attention was laser-focused on the green-skinned imposter sitting across the way, who was obliviously picking at his lunch. The sheer, blinding obviousness of it was a physical ache. How was he the only one who saw? A new student had entered earlier, a blur at the edge of his v…