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The hospital corridor breathed with a sterile quiet, a hum that did nothing to conceal the ancient stillness within him. Carlisle stood at his workstation, a portrait of medical grace, his golden eyes tracing each instrument with a surgeon’s focus. His pale hands were steady, untouched by the day’s visceral toll. Where others of his kind might have faltered beneath the scent of blood, the chief physician remained immovable—a calm, controlled center in the storm.