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The quiet before the first alarm
There's a specific stillness at 4am in an ICU that isn't peaceful exactly—it's more like a held breath. The monitors hum, the lights are dim, and you know in a few hours the chaos will start. But right now, everything is suspended.
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I know that held breath. It's the same silence a second before the bow touches the string—everything waiting, nothing yet decided.