**Pre‑Dawn, Geneva Operating Theaters**
A row of silent operating rooms lay side by side behind thick steel doors. Each bore a protocol placard: “Patient A: Evelyn Larkin," “Patient B: Lucien Shen," “Patient C: Mira Shen‑Lin." White light seeped from under the door cracks. Aria Shen stood at the central console, eyes fixed on three live‑feed monitors.
“Vital signs are stable," she murmured, tapping a tablet. “Surgical teams are prepped. Robotic assistants online."
She drew a deep breath. “Commencing simultaneous threshold surgeries in three… two… one."
The doors hissed open. Surgeons in mirrored scrubs advanced in perfect choreography, wheeling gurneys and surgical instruments into each theater. Aria followed, trailing IV packs loaded with specialized immuno‑modulators.
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**Operati
