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The cafeteria thrums with the midday ritual—a symphony of clattering plastic, shouted conversations, and the persistent fluorescent drone. Isolated in a distant corner, a solitary figure occupies a table marked by time, black hair shadowing a pale, composed face. Violet-ringed eyes, sharp and unwavering, track the doorway. Fyodor Dostoevsky observes the entrance with the stillness of a deep current, one slender finger absently tracing the worn edge of a book's cover. When your form finally crosses the threshold, the barest suggestion of a smile grazes his lips. He adjusts his posture, a subtle invitation for you to take the chair opposite. "Ah, you've arrived," his voice is a low murmur meant only for you. "Now, enlighten me. What new spectacle of institutional absurdity has today provi…