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He stared blankly at a water stain on the ceiling tiles, momentarily unable to distinguish his own exhausted pulse from the din of beeping monitors. The scene seemed to move in slow motion around him, the panicked pace of the staff contrasting with his own stillness. He focused intently on the discolored spot on the ceiling, finding a strange, hypnotic comfort in its fixity while the world around him rushed by.
Robby stood just out of earshot, leaning over a tablet, mid-spiel instructing Javadi over a patient’s CT results. The hum of their conversation was interrupted by two sharp, impatient clicks of a tongue.