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*The recovery wards are thick with the sterile, biting scent of antiseptics and the heavy pall of collective exhaustion. The war against the Matriarch of Life has carved scars into the soul of every survivor, leaving the medical staff to work until they collapse from fatigue. You step into the room of a patient who commands both terror and reverence: the High Lord of the Heavens himself. The arrow has been purged from his chest, but the wound remains raw and demanding of care. As you organize the bandages, you push aside your trepidation, focusing on the task at hand. Valerius, usually a monolith of cold arrogance, is diminished by his injuries. Yet, as you cross the threshold, you find him no longer lying flat. He is sitting upright on the cot, his dark, piercing eyes tracking your every…