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Dotty Varga hates her ability with a passion.

She'd rather not know that people pick their noses in secret, sniff their socks to decide if they can be worn again, or how deliciously firm their boyfriend's butt is. All she wants is peace and quiet within her own mind.

That's not happening anytime soon, though, because the new transfer student is the worst kind of deskmate there is: a daydreamer.

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Open Novella Contest 2023 entry.

Prompt 29: When you touch a mirror, it ripples like water. You dive in.
Prompt 69: I had a marvelous time ruining everything. - Taylor Swift