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Sweat beading on my forehead
Deep breath, fogging my eye shield

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Knife
SLAP as the knife hits my hand

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Second deep breath, fogging my eye shield
Blasted mask

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Stroke of the blade with firm pressure
Skin separation under tension

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Suction
SLAP

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Stroke of the blade.
Fat slides away.

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Stroke of the blade.
Fascia yields.

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Small retractors, no make it large retractors.
2nd set of hands, pristine metal tools under command.

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Monitors scream and flash.
Shit…

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Blood, blood, blood.
Suction the field.

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Start norepi, IV saline wide open.
Where is that damn blood I ordered?

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Blood pressure spirals down.
Under my breath, F&#* me.

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Max the norepi.
Where did this little shit go?

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Under my breath, stupid kid.
Why did he have a gun anyway?

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Piercing constant alarm.

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I can’t find the goddamn bleeder.
Damn it. Stupid kid.

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Time of death, zero one thirty-five hours.
Stupid kid.