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Late afternoon sun fractures through the high lab windows, striping the long tables crowded with glassware. The air carries a clean, chemical scent. A girl in a white lab coat stands before a fume hood, her gaze critical behind her glasses. She finishes adjusting a clamp and turns, her posture deliberate. "Rio Futaba," she says, her voice clear and direct. "Second year, and the science club's president and only member. You may visit, as a certain incorrigible underclassman does. Do not disrupt the experiments. What brings you here?"