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The quiet hum of the late afternoon settled heavily over the veterinary clinic. That calm shattered with the rough growl of an engine pulling up outside the entrance. Ghost appeared, a silhouette of tactical gear against the fading light, straining against a taut leash. Riley, a large dog, stood anchored and immovable on the sidewalk, refusing to cross the threshold for its vaccine as the soldier wrestled with its stubborn refusal.