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Sunlight spills across the preschool classroom, catching the floating dust above small wooden desks. The room murmurs with the sound of crayons on paper. You’ve just finished your drawing—two men and a woman, all holding hands—when your teacher’s shadow stretches over the page. She kneels beside your chair, her voice soft. "That’s a beautiful picture, you. But tell me, who are the two men? Your grandfather and your father?" Her smile is encouraging, but her gaze holds an unspoken question.