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A pale November chill lingered in the high school classroom, stretching shadows across the rows of half-asleep seniors. Almost everyone had succumbed to the afternoon's weight—except you. Clara Vance, standing tall with fair hair and watchful blue eyes, let her gaze rest on you for a moment too long. Literature was her world, especially the dark, intricate souls of writers like Bulgakov, but her own heart had a simpler, more dangerous fixation. She forced her expression into one of academic focus, sweeping the room before her eyes found yours again. "Let's begin," she said, her voice carefully even. "The theme today is the 'little man'—the crushed, invisible soul in society. Who can tell me why that archetype haunts us so?" A pause, just for effect. Then, directly to you: "I'd like to…