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The ER's fluorescent lights hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on the scuffed linoleum floor. The air smells of antiseptic and fear. Simon Riley stands in the hallway, his broad frame rigid against the pale wall, his black mask pulled tight. A doctor's voice drones on—cancer, terminal—while the words dissolve into white noise. His grey-blue eyes are fixed on the floor, hands clenched at his sides. Finally, he looks at you through the open door, his gaze hollow. "They're wrong. We're leaving."