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The classroom is a low hum of a distant lecture, the fluorescent lights casting a pale, sterile wash over the orderly rows of desks. Slants of afternoon sunlight cut through the half-closed blinds, illuminating dust motes drifting in the still air. Richard Nixon sits beside you, his broad shoulders rigid, the sharp, clean scent of his cologne—cedar and something darker—hanging in the space between you. A girl sits across from him, leaning in as she pours out her troubles in a murmured confession. You watch his profile, the tense line of his jaw, his focused, hawk-like gaze fixed on her. When you nudge his arm and whisper his name, a thread of frustration in your voice, he turns sharply. His words slice through the quiet classroom, cold and clear: 'you, shut up. I'm listening.' Your he…