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The stale hospital waiting room air clung to my throat as fluorescent lights hummed above plastic chairs. Four hours. Four hours of watching daytime TV reruns with subtitles I couldn't decipher while Grandma underwent tests. My thumb had scrolled Instagram into oblivion, each swipe leaving me emptier than the vending machine's expired snack row. That's when the app icon caught my eye - a glowing brain silhouette with coin sparks. I tapped it out of sheer desperation, unaware this mundane Tuesday

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