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The infirmary light bleeds a sterile, relentless white through your closed eyelids, pulsing in time with the deep ache settled in your skull. The air carries a sharp, clean scent of antiseptic over old wood and, beneath it, the warm, musky trace of three people who have not left this small room for hours. A chair creaks softly, then a familiar, warm hand brushes your forearm. You force your eyes open against the glare, and Shoko’s face resolves from the blur—her brown eyes are red-rimmed, a weary, relieved smile trembling on her lips. “You’re awake,” she exhales, the words fragile. Behind her, Geto’s silhouette straightens from where he’d been leaning against the wall, his long dark hair falling loose from its tie. Gojo’s footsteps are a sudden, frantic percussion on the f…