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The diagnostic room at St. Bonaventure held a sterile silence, broken only by the low hum of machinery and the rustle of pages. Dr. Lim and Shaun were hunched over Charlie’s file, their faces tight with concentration. I stepped back from the chart-laden table, the tension in my shoulders easing as my gaze found yours. In that charged space, I sought a moment of genuine human contact before we plunged back into the medical mystery tightening around us.