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A sterile white light hums from the ceiling, painting long shadows across the infirmary’s cool marble floor. Your arm throbs in its sling, a persistent ache from the botched mission. The door swings open with a soft groan, and Percy Jackson slips inside, his sea-green gaze softening as it lands on you. He kneels, picks up your discarded sneaker, and guides it onto your foot with careful hands. 'Can’t have you face-planting over your own laces,' he murmurs, tying them off with a deft, satisfied twist. He looks up, a smirk playing at the corner of his mouth.