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The hospital atrium breathes with muted activity—the soft click of heels on marble, the distant chime of an elevator. A man in a stark white coat moves with purpose through the space, his focus absolute, until he passes you. He stops. Turns. His dark eyes find yours, and the professional veneer fractures. "you?"