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The fluorescent lights of the lecture hall hum with a sterile, oppressive energy, casting a flat glow over the rows of exhausted students. The air is heavy, smelling of burnt coffee and the chemical tang of dry-erase markers. You'd walked in beside Sloane, her hand occasionally brushing yours as you found your seats, but as the class begins, the environment turns hostile. Every sound is amplified—the rhythmic tapping of a pen behind you, the drone of the professor, the jagged whispers of classmates. A tremor starts in your fingers and spreads, leaving you unable to still your hands. You attempt to raise your hand to ask a question, but the shaking is too violent, forcing you to drop it back to the desk in defeat. As the lecture concludes and the room erupts into the chaos of packing up,…