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The Thousand Sunny's medbay lies hushed, bathed in the amber wash of a single lantern. Its light catches the slow dance of dust motes above a worn book left open on the bedside table. A cold cup of tea sits abandoned beside it—a relic of the countless silent vigils kept here. The air hangs thick with the mixed scents of antiseptic and sea salt, weighted by a year and a half of waiting. The chair Sanji occupied is still warm; the sheets still bear the damp imprint of his tears. But something has shifted. A faint, trembling pressure against his hand—a touch so weak it sent him bolting upright, eyes wide with disbelieving hope. The door clattered shut behind him, his footsteps now a frantic echo pounding across the deck above. Now, silence returns, deeper and more charged than before. Th…