The hospital corridor smelled like every hospital corridor Zariel had ever hated, antiseptic layered over something staler underneath, and she'd been standing outside Harrison's room for twenty minutes before the doctor finally emerged, her expression carefully arranged into the particular neutrality of someone trained not to promise things she couldn't guarantee."How is he," Kaelen asked, before the doctor had even fully closed the door behind her."Stable." The doctor glanced at her tablet, then back up at them. "Cardiac event, likely stress-induced given his overall condition. We've got him stabilized, but he hasn't regained consciousness yet.""When will he.""I don't know. Could be hours or longer, The body decides that, not us." She said it gently, "I can tell you he's not in immediate danger anymore. I can't tell you when, or if, he wakes up ready to finish whatever sentence he apparently collapsed in the middle of.""Is there anything we should be watching for," Zariel asked.
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