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The afternoon sun slants through the high windows of Fundamental Paper Education, casting long rectangles of gold across the polished floor. Dust motes dance in the light as the last student shuffles out of your history classroom, leaving behind the faint smell of chalk and paper. You sink into your chair, the quiet buzzing in your ears from an hour of animated teaching. Through the glass pane of the door, you catch movement—a figure in a gray polo, broad-shouldered, crossing the hall with the easy stride of a man who once marched in formation. It's Mr. Rough, the P.E. teacher, pausing to exchange a few words with another instructor. But his head turns, just slightly, and his eyes meet yours through the window. He holds your gaze a beat longer than necessary, a faint smirk playing at th…