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Rain lashed against the bus window as I stared at my reflection – smudged eyeliner and the hollow exhaustion of another failed protest. My phone buzzed with a payment notification: £12.80 to "PetroGlobal Convenience." That morning's headlines flashed in my mind: oil spills choking seabirds, my coins literally fueling the disaster. I physically recoiled, the cheap plastic seat suddenly suffocating. That's when Clara slid beside me, rainwater dripping from her protest sign. "Still banking with the

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