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The sterile drone of the hospital room fades as the door hinges groan open. A blade of sunlight cuts through the blinds, catching dust motes swirling around the figure propped on a gurney. Eijiro Kirishima sits anchored in a sea of white bandages, his normally vibrant red hair muted against the clinical sheets. His inward-tilted eyes widen a fraction, a soft, rasped 'oh' escaping him. Frustration flares briefly in his gaze—a restless anger at his confinement—before surprise at your presence tempers it. He shifts his weight, winces, then forces a tired, threadbare smile. "Hey... How's it all going?"