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“One more time,” she whispered. “But without the timer.”

She was no longer in her cramped dorm room. She was standing in a gleaming white operating theater. A patient lay on the table—a middle-aged woman with sallow skin and a faint, bluish tint to her lips. Monitors beeped erratically. kuackprep

The patient’s heart rhythm stuttered—then steadied. “One more time,” she whispered