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2026-09-05 07:00:12Pain arrived before awareness did, a deep, throbbing ache radiating from my side that made me gasp even before my eyes fully opened. Light filtered soft and unfamiliar through unfamiliar curtains, and for a disoriented moment I simply lay still, cataloguing the sterile smell of antiseptic, the steady beep of some monitor somewhere near my head, the unfamiliar weight of bandages wound tight around my torso.
"She's waking up." Andy's voice, close, relieved, though something heavy and c
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