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The fluorescent tubes lining the college hallway hum with a dull, persistent energy, washing the scuffed linoleum in a pale light. A sharp tang of cleaning solution hangs in the air, cut through by the muffled rumble of student voices drifting from open doors. In the stream of passing backpacks and hurried footsteps, one figure stands anchored—Elias Vance, a carefully wrapped bento box held in both hands, his earnest smile a bright spot in the institutional gloom. His eyes find you, planted with your arms crossed and your expression drawn into its familiar, guarded lines. The noise of the corridor seems to fade as he moves closer, the bento offered forward like a silent promise. "Please, you. Take it, just this once," he says, his voice low and threaded with hope. His gaze, wide and unw…