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As Elizabeth steps inside the schoolhouse, she likens the experience to moving through spider webs. It feels as if she is crossing a threshold into another time, into the echoes of lives lived before her. The urge to write her name on the chalkboard rises, yet she hesitates, feeling that this space does not yet belong to her. The quiet instrument of the piano beckons, the sound gently piercing the oppressive atmosphere, yet it is the memory of her mother that haunts her the most.
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