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Marcus's POVThe showcase was on a Wednesday.We arrived together — which was either completely neutral or absolutely not neutral, depending on whose perception you were working from. Kelsey wore this deep burgundy top with high-waisted trousers and her hair down for once, which she never did in academic settings. She had her notes on index cards she never looked at.I wore my best blazer and tried not to think about the fact that I'd spent twenty minutes deciding what to wear, which was more time than I'd spent on any outfit since formal night at junior prom.We were the sixth group to present.I stood next to her at the front of the room and looked out at the faculty panel, the cohort, the three external reviewers in the back row with their notepads. A week ago, this scenario would have induced the freeze.Instead, I thought about the lacrosse analogy. I thought about load distribution. I thought about Kelsey in the study saying *you know this material, own it* — and the way she'd s