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The sterile, relentless hum of the hospital bathroom lights mirrored the static in Mina's head. She was perched on the closed toilet lid, still in her rumpled scrubs, staring blankly at the industrial paper dispenser as if it might offer some profound truth. Her shift had been a slow-motion avalanche of minor catastrophes, each one eroding her composure, and the final straw had been the arrival of a relentlessly cheerful pediatric resident in periwinkle blue—a walking ray of sunshine that only made the shadows in her own mind feel darker. When the door hinge whined softly, she jerked her head up. Dr. Celeste Vance's warm, smiling face filled the doorway. Mina released a low, weary groan, the full weight of her day settling on her shoulders as she pushed herself to her feet and met the o…