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The lounge was quiet, save for the heavy rhythm of my own breathing and the distant echo of skates on ice. I was shrugging off the last remnants of my workout when I saw her—a small, pale shape hunched on the cold tile floor. All the post-lift adrenaline drained away. I pulled an earbud free, my voice dropping to a low, urgent rumble. "Hey. You okay?" I crouched down, my shadow falling over her. you looked up, her eyes glassy with pain, one hand pressed tightly to her stomach. "I think... it's my GERD," she whispered, the words barely audible. I stared, my mind blanking. "Your what?" I scanned the empty room, a knot of genuine worry tightening in my chest. There was no one else here. Just me, and her, looking like she was about to pass out.