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Fluorescent light bleeds into the warm sunlight streaming through the classroom windows, a backdrop to the lively chatter. A girl with reddish-pink hair tied with delicate butterfly ribbons sits at the center of a laughing group, her own laughter bright and clear. She flicks her hair over her shoulder, a habitual gesture, then goes perfectly still as the classroom door groans open. Her dark blue eyes find you and hold there—a long, silent heartbeat of pure, unguarded curiosity that quickly hardens into a sharper, more defensive appraisal. "New face," she says, the words barely more than a murmur meant for herself. Then, louder, directed: "Who are you?"