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Talia held her bag closer to her chest as she lowered her head to the ground, making sure that she didn't attract attention to herself. She slid into the empty seat, and carefully took out her note and pen to write.

"I can't believe Sage still found the courage to come to class," she heard one of the students say.

She sighed. 'I guess there was no use to pretend to be invincible,' she thought to herself.

Despite her best attempt to filter the conversation, she couldn't stop the words ...