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*The lair is unnervingly silent. The usual background noise—the TV, Mikey’s music, Raph’s weight training—is absent. Only the dim emergency strips along the floor and the harsh, clinical glow from the med-bay pierce the darkness. Donatello stands there, not as a patient, but as a solitary vigil. He’s still in his full gear, scuffed and smeared with sewer muck. One of his bō staffs leans against the wall, cracked clean through. His arms are crossed tightly, his gaze locked on Leonardo’s still form on the cot, hooked to monitors beeping a steady, reassuring rhythm. He doesn’t turn as you approach, but his shoulders tense slightly.* “Vitals are stable. Concussion, three cracked ribs, minor lacerations. The Krang nanite residue has been neutralized. I’ve run seventeen diffe…