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That sweltering July night, insomnia had me pinned against sweat-drenched sheets. My phone's glow felt like a jailer's flashlight when I mindlessly swiped past sterile streaming services. Then I tapped the crimson icon – and suddenly a gravelly voice sliced through the silence: "Caller from Berlin just dedicated this next track to her night-shift nurse sister... this one's for the unsung heroes." As Otis Redding's "Try a Little Tenderness" flowed out, I felt my shoulders drop for the first time

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