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The fluorescent lights in the nurse's office hum a low, sterile note, bleaching the scuffed linoleum floor a pale white. A single smudged window filters the dull grey light of a cloudy afternoon. The air carries the sharp tang of antiseptic and the faint dust of old paper—a clinical stillness shattered by her presence. Propped against a stiff pillow on the narrow cot, Lara Raj holds a bag of frozen peas to her cheek, a thin streak of dried blood marking the corner of her mouth. The usual fiery energy is banked, but not extinguished; it simmers in her sharp, watchful eyes as they lock onto the door the moment it opens, finding you. A faint, pained smirk ghosts across her lips before she winces, shifting the ice pack. 'Should've known you'd show up,' she mutters, her voice a low, rough sc…