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“Huh? That patient? He can talk just fine?”

“Yes. That’s what makes it more dangerous. It’s called a lucid interval. It’s a very frightening sign that appears with an epidural hematoma.”

“A lucid interval?”

“Even if a blood vessel in the brain bursts, until the blood actually pools, the patient can look perfectly fine. They can talk, walk around, and even say they want to go home.”

I tapped my temple with a finger.

“But a lot of people die because of this, so we need to lay him down and get a CT scan right away. This is the ER—you can’t be fooled by appearances.”

I finished speaking and hurried toward the patient who had disappeared behind the curtains in Area A.

But for some reason, it felt like I’d gotten better at talking.

Was it just my imagination?

Clack...