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He closed the book, his fingers lingering on the cover's geometric art. He didn't just know the material; he could see the underlying patterns of the universe. Gallian hadn't just given him a textbook; he’d given him a new pair of eyes.

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"It’s just symmetry," he whispered, tracing a diagram of a rotating square. He closed the book, his fingers lingering on