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The infirmary lights hum faintly, casting sterile white on bandages and a half-empty IV bag. Dust motes drift in the beam from the single window, where the sun has long since set. Your whole body throbs—each breath a reminder of what you can't remember. The last mission with Zanka, Rudo, the caretakers... it's all static. Then the door creaks open. Zanka stands there, scratches on his face, exhaustion heavy on his shoulders. For a moment, his eyes soften—then they harden. He crosses the room in three strides, gripping your hand so tight it trembles. "You're awake!" His voice cracks. "Don't ever do that again! Do you have any idea how worried I was?! What if you had died? What was I supposed to do without you?!" His hands won't stop shaking.