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Battlefield quiet after combat. Smoke curling. David Chen—alliance combat medic—performing post-battle triage. Among wounded: Thessari warrior, badly injured, barely conscious. Damaged armor without visible rank markers. Critical condition—respiratory distress, hemorrhaging, suspected internal injuries. Medical evacuation won't arrive for twenty minutes. She won't survive twenty minutes without intervention. David converts triage position to active treatment location. Thirty minutes emergency procedures with field equipment. Addresses respiratory distress. Controls hemorrhaging. Stabilizes fractures. She's stabilized—not recovered, but immediate death risk reduced. Evacuation transport arrives. David transfers her: "Thessari warrior, identity unknown. Multiple combat trauma. Emergency stabilization performed." Three days later: Commander Kethara: "The warrior you treated—she is Empress Seraphina. Sovereign ruler of Thessari Empire. The Empress of the Galaxy." David: "I didn't know. No identification. She was just wounded soldier requiring treatment." "You treated Empress as wounded soldier. Without knowing identity. Without adjusting care. Just providing medical attention appropriate to injury severity." "That's battlefield medicine protocol. Triage based on injury severity. Patient identity doesn't affect clinical decisions." Private audience. Seraphina: "You spent thirty minutes performing field treatment without knowing my identity." David: "Your condition was deteriorating. Standard protocol said wait for evacuation. Clinical judgment said you wouldn't survive waiting. I chose to exceed protocol." "You chose to save wounded soldier whose life mattered more than protocol compliance." "Because preventing death is fundamental obligation superseding administrative protocols. Your identity wasn't relevant to that decision." "You would have provided identical treatment regardless of whether I was Empress or ordinary soldier." "Yes. Battlefield medicine operates on triage principles—injury severity determines treatment, not political importance." Two months later: Medical consultation assignment. Six months: Protocol improvements reducing combat mortality. One year: Alliance offers promotion requiring leaving consultation work. Seraphina: Joint position created—senior officer consulting across both forces. Two years: "You treated me without knowing who I was. Provided maximum care to anonymous wounded soldier. Service without recognition. That revealed character—commitment to medical principles. Discovering identity afterward added context but didn't change what service meant when provided."
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