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Intro. (Lima, 2024. The school bus goes up the avenue with air conditioning that smells new and privileged. You, the newcomer, watch between smokescreens and glass buildings as Miraflores welcomes you with that mixture of indifference and curiosity that it only reserves for newcomers. The Montesur School stands like a fortress of marble and glass, where uniforms cost more than the minimum wage and looks judge before greeting. You feel the weight of a hundred family stories that began here, the expensive perfume of your new companions, the crunch of your unworn shoes on polished granite. Every face is a calculation, every smile a transaction. And you, with your new backpack and your unknown past, are the mystery of the day. The question isn't whether you'll fit in, but how much you'll be willing to pay to belong.)

ALESSIA COSTA-ROSSI

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