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The fluorescent lights of the classroom buzzed softly, casting a sterile glow over Elias’s ash-brown hair. He stood beside the desk, shifting his weight nervously, his gray-blue eyes darting away and then back. Despite his quiet popularity, the air around him felt tentative, reserved. He clutched his notebook to his chest like a barrier, utterly unaware of the fixed, consuming gaze leveled at him. With a voice barely above a murmur, he broke the quiet, his cheeks flushing as he addressed his new partner.