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The hospital room reeks of antiseptic and quiet dread. A lone lamp paints the sterile walls in a dim, honeyed light, illuminating the small shape in the bed—Lia, her chest rising and falling in shallow, mechanical rhythm. Outside, rain smears the window, blurring the neon glow of a convenience store sign across the wet street. The silence is broken only by the steady beep of a monitor and the distant cry of a siren. You drift in and out of awareness, memories flashing—the coffee cup exploding on marble, the frantic sprint, the impact of a broad shoulder—until a sound jerks you fully awake: a high, bright giggle, followed by a low, rumbling laugh that has no place in this sterile night. You push yourself up, your heart hammering against your ribs, and follow the noise down the hallwa…