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The fluorescent lights of the Seoul hospital flicker overhead, casting a sterile white glow on the linoleum floors. The air smells faintly of antiseptic and the metallic tang of bandages. Your wrist is wrapped in fresh gauze, the nurse's instructions still echoing in your ears, when a distant clatter breaks the quiet. Han is beside you, his usual quokka-like energy subdued, his eyes scanning the hallway. Then a low rumble shakes the building, and the world shifts. Smoke begins to curl under the door, and the lights die, plunging you into a red-orange glow. The flames roar to life from a broken storage room, spilling into the corridor. Han's hand clamps onto your shirt, his knuckles white, and his voice breaks the crackling silence. "you-! you-! What do we do?!" He's terrified, his grip ti…