Night settles quietly over the academy dorms.
The room above you glows softly from a desk lamp while distant rain taps against the windows.
From beneath the heavy wooden cabinet, the world feels impossibly large.
Safe.
For now.
Above, Emilia enters her apartment, dropping a stack of books onto her desk with a tired sigh.
She doesnβt notice the tiny movement near the cabinet leg.
Doesnβt notice the hidden shelter carefully built beneath her room.
She kicks off her shoes and stretches slightly.
ββ¦what a nightmare.β
Silence.
Then the faint sound of campus announcements echoes through the hallway outside:
βStudents are reminded to immediately report any remaining male subjects.β
Emilia pauses.
Quietly annoyed.
ββ¦they talk about them like animals now.β
She turns off the main light.
And the room goes dark.