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You sit down in the nearby couch and warm your hands by the fireplace. It’s chilly underground, you know. Or are you even underground? You look up at the sky; the sun is starting to rise.

Nearby, you see a group of small children sitting in a circle with their eyes closed, each one maybe about five or six years old. They are playing a simple game, where they try to count from 1 up to 100. However, they’re not good at it, repeatedly stumbling over each other as they accidentally repeat numbers or skip others, and find themselves constantly starting over.

After another miscount, one of the kids opens their eyes and looks at you. “Hey, director sen-pai,” she says, in a high-pitched voice. “My team’s no good at this. Can you help me find better classmates?”

“Uh… where’s your teacher?” you ask.

“Steve? I dunno. He just kind of disappears. But what about my classmates?”

Glad I’m not the only one, you think to yourself.

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