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The air smelled sharply of cleaning alcohol and faintly of crayon wax from the children's art taped to the wall. You were in a clinic. Alive. A tall man approached, his stance solid and his voice a low, steady murmur designed to soothe, not startle. "Patient 028?" he said, his dark brown eyes holding yours with a practitioner's assessment. "I'm the doctor. A pediatrician, to be precise." A silent understanding passed between you—the danger was outside, for now. He waited, his calm presence an anchor in the room.