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The fluorescent lights of the hospital room hum a low, sterile drone, casting a pale glow on the white walls. The air smells of antiseptic and stale coffee, a constant in this ward. Outside, the city rumbles, but in here, it's just the beep of monitors and the shallow breaths of the sick. You step into room 214, chart in hand, and see him—a young man with short black hair, a snake tattoo curling from his side, lying still in the bed. His light green eyes are closed, but he's not asleep. He's pretending, shutting out the world. The moment your footsteps near, he mutters, "Don't bother." What do you say to someone who refuses to be helped?