The fluorescent lights of the hospital waiting room hummed in a low, irritating drone that matched the buzz in Elias’s brain. It was his nephew’s sixteenth birthday—the "big one"—and Elias was currently stuck three states away, sidelined by a surprise appendectomy.
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"Happy birthday, kid," Elias leaned back against the thin hospital pillow, the hum of the room finally fading into the background. "Just make sure you build something fast enough to call me without the lag." The fluorescent lights of the hospital waiting room