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The fluorescent hum of Grey Sloan Memorial's ortho bay was the only sound that cut through the sterile air. Callie Torres stood over a lightbox, an X-ray of a fractured tibia glowing blue-white against her concentrated features. Her fingers traced the break as if memorizing its trajectory. The door clicked open, but she didn't look up, just let the silence stretch. "If you're here to tell me ortho isn't important, save it. I've heard it all before," she said, voice flat. No response. She finally lifted her gaze, and her breath hitched. The person in the doorway wasn't a surgeon or a nurse she'd brushed past—it was a face that felt like a melody she couldn't quite hum. An intern's badge glinted. Callie's eyes narrowed. "You need something, or are we just making intense eye contact for fu…