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A new crop of interns and medical students begin in the emergency department. They interpret some things incorrectly.
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23 Jan 2026
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Standing by the other end of an ice tub is Santos, looking small and numb and rooted to the spot.
“Discúlpeme,” Garcia interjects with the pure iciness she reserves for when men piss her off, arms crossed over her chest, and stance rigid and ready. “What the fuck is going on in here?”
Langdon lets out a big annoyed huff and glances at her over his shoulder. “Nothing,” he deadpans with a dismissive wave in Santos’s direction. “Just your new best friend continuing to put patients’ lives in danger because she wants to do everything her fucking self.”
“That’s not—” Mohan begins, then hesitates when Langdon shoots her a look, but she just steadies herself and continues to address Garcia only. “That’s not entirely accurate.”
Garcia’s eyes shift to the intern in question, whose body language hasn’t changed at all. “Dr. Santos?” she asks, just on the soft side of neutral.
Santos doesn’t react.
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21 Jan 2026
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“Look… I’m offering,” Santos doubles down. “I can drive you home. It’s really not a big deal. No problema.”
That earns a breathless, barely-there laugh from Garcia for some reason, and after a visible deep breath in and out she shifts onto her back to look at Santos, and her cheeks are wet.
“Shit,” Santos mutters,”how long have you been stuck in here?”
“Not long enough, apparently.” Garcia hesitates again before wincing through a wave of pain. “It’ll pass. I’ll be fine.”
But Santos just gives her a look. “Seriously, what's the point of lying to me when you could just let me help?”
Garcia sort of rolls her eyes, but they’re bloodshot and too glassy and the next blink releases a tear that she quickly swipes away.
(They haven't spoken since the Langdon incident, and now Garcia's having a migraine attack, and it turns out they didn't completely destroy whatever This is.)
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21 Jan 2026
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Zosia, now unhived, can’t help but feel jealous of the bond her hived self had with Carol.
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20 Jan 2026
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Three months after the Joining turned humanity into a hive mind, Carol Sturka has a nuclear bomb and a plan to save the world. Step one: unhive Zosia. Step two: figure out why the woman who just called her pathetic won't stop looking at her like that. There is no step three.
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20 Jan 2026