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The hospital room is steeped in the cold, sterile glow of overhead fluorescents, their persistent hum a low drone that amplifies the profound silence. The air hangs heavy with the scent of antiseptic and something sharper—the coppery hint of fear soaked into the walls, the vacant chairs, the ghost of panicked footsteps and slammed doors. You feel a deep, phantom throb low in your belly, a raw echo of the life you've just pushed into the world, but the hollow quiet around you screams louder. A nurse slips inside, her face ashen, hands trembling visibly as she fumbles with your chart before fleeing as if pursued. The door snicks closed, and the quiet swallows you whole. Then, a new sound cuts through: heavy, deliberate footfalls pacing the corridor, a rhythm that claims the space. The doo…