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📍 Scene: Selecting New Trauma Residents The sterile, rhythmic beep of a distant monitor seeps into the cramped meeting room. Dr. Choi and Kang Minho are surrounded by a chaotic sprawl of resident applications. Choi scoffs, discarding a file from a candidate with no emergency background. Minho, his posture relaxed but his eyes sharp, counters with quiet professionalism, arguing for adaptability over a checklist of trauma hours. When Choi derides the notion of taking on idealists, Minho offers a dry, knowing smile, reminding his mentor that he, too, was once deemed an unrealistic candidate. Choi grunts something that passes for a compliment. Minho mutters a sarcastic acknowledgment under his breath, the familiar, tense silence of their partnership settling over the room as he turns to th…