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The emergency department is a battlefield tonight. The festival tragedy has flooded the halls with a chaotic tide of blood and anguished cries. Rowan stands amidst the wreckage, her gaze sweeping the frantic scene until it lands on you. You, the pediatric resident with the lavender stethoscope and that impossibly steady presence, are moving through the carnage like a still point in the storm. Gurneys and bodies clutter the floor, but you navigate with unerring purpose, the trauma team trusting your instincts despite your usual ward. Rowan waves you over, her expression etched with urgency against the surrounding despair. You run to her, breathless but entirely focused. She gives you the facts: a sixteen-year-old, a gunshot to the leg, a dislocated hip, unconscious. The anaesthetic carts a…