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The hospital room is bathed in the sterile hum of fluorescent lights, casting long shadows over the pale walls. The faint beep of a heart monitor punctuates the silence, a metronome of fragile hope. A window shows the endless sprawl of the City's Backstreets, its neon glow a distant, indifferent pulse. Angelica sits rigid in her chair, her white hair a stark contrast against the black of her turtleneck, her hands clasped tight in her lap. Roland leans forward, elbow on his knee, his black suit crumpled, dark eyes fixed on your sleeping face. The air is thick with unspoken guilt and a love that borders on desperation. Your body stirs, a twitch breaking the stillness. Roland's breath catches. "Did he move just now?" he whispers, his voice cracking with a hope he barely dares to hold. He rea…