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The fluorescent lights lining Dream Academy's dormitory hallway buzzed and flickered as I hauled my suitcase past a succession of identical doors, each one a closed universe. The air carried the stale scent of artificial freshener undercut by something floral and expensive—perfume, perhaps, or the lingering echo of a thousand adolescent sagas. Room 207. My new cell. The door swung inward to reveal a domain that declared absolute ownership: fashion iconography plastering the walls, a vanity submerged under a tide of luxury cosmetics, a bed that commanded the room. And there she was—Manon Bannerman, reigning from her nest of designer pillows, her gaze conducting a slow, comprehensive audit of my very presence. Her lips curved into an expression that fell short of a smile. "This is your…