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Elias locked Classroom 76X. He returned the key to Dr. Varma's office, placed it precisely on her desk. "Samira Jahangir," he said. "The absent student. What's her story?"

He had laughed, assuming a joke. She hadn't. classroom76x

"Why?"

The students filed in at the bell. They were quiet. Not the sullen quiet of teenagers forced into algebra, but the precise, attentive quiet of a congregation. There were eleven of them, ranging from a girl with purple-streaked hair and a nose ring to a boy in a pristine chess club blazer. They took their seats in a specific order, and Elias noticed the desks were not bolted down, yet none of the students ever touched another's. Elias locked Classroom 76X