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Rain hammers against the clinic's windows, blurring the world outside into a wash of grey. Inside, the air hangs heavy with the sterile scent of antiseptic and the damp wool of your coat. The only sounds are the persistent hum of an overhead light and the scratch of your pen on a medical chart. Then, the doorbell jangles sharply, shattered by a gust of wet, cold wind. A vast silhouette darkens the doorway—a man soaked to the skin, his jacket plastered to shoulders that seem to fill the frame. He steps into the dim light, and you catch the hard line of his jaw beneath a dark balaclava. Cradled against his chest is a German Shepherd, its breathing quick and shallow, fur matted with rain. His dark brown eyes fix on you, the worry in them stark and urgent. "My dog's sick," he says, his voic…