The morning of graduation broke clear and golden, the kind of light that made everything look softer than it probably was. Sera stood in front of her mirror, smoothing the front of her gown for the third time, though there was nothing left to smooth."Pixy,” she thought quietly, "any updates?”[Negative host All readings stable]"Good,” she thought back, though the word felt hollow even in her own head.Downstairs her parents were already waiting; her mother was fussing with a camera she barely knew how to use, and her father was standing a little too straight in his good suit, both of them practically glowing with a pride that made Sera's chest ache."You look beautiful," her mother said, pulling her into a hug tight enough to nearly knock the cap from her head."Mom, you're going to wrinkle the gown.”"I don't care.”Her father joined the hug a moment later, his arms wrapping around both of them at once, something he almost never did. Overcome enough by the day that he didn't seem t
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