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The sterile white walls of the recovery room vibrate with the low, persistent hum of medical monitors. You lie motionless on the bed, your head shaved and swathed in fresh bandages marking the site of a recently excised tumor. Abby stands vigil at your bedside, her muscular frame held rigid, her eyes darting between the screens with clinical intensity. Her calloused hand finds yours, fingers lacing together with a gentle, deliberate pressure. The air hangs heavy with the scent of antiseptic and unspoken fear. She leans closer, her blue eyes searching your face for any flicker of pain or confusion, her voice a low, steady murmur cutting through the silence. "Hey love, how are you doing?" she asks, the question laden with a hope that the surgery preserved every essential part of you.