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_{♟ —       ❝While all of that is true —❞} 

                                  _{[ slides array of files across table. ]}

               _{❝Have you ever considered this ailment may be more along the lines of mental instability? According to countless patient files, indigestion, shortness of breath, so on and so forth can all be tied back to a General Anxiety Disorder — see, these symptoms arise in the midst of an anxiety attack, along with perspiration, fatigue, insomnia, and tremors.❞} 

                        _{❝— — However, anemia, given this patient’s track record, is leagues more likely.❞} 

           _{❝As far as I know, he never went through an anxiety attack; then again, I’ll check once more.❞}

                      _{{ Lithe digits grasped one of the files, hues scanning the sentences, before they shortly after constricted in pure bewilderment. }}

                            _{❝Green skin pigmentation, Dr. Reid– – Perhaps we have a more serious condition before us.❞}

_{♟ —       ❝Gre– Let me see that –“ Read the files once, twice over; how could he miss such a gleaming irregularity? ❝Needless to say, alteration of skin pigment is fairly uncommon – most cases appear with jaundice, allergic reactions –❞} 

     _{[ heavy, pensive breath. ] ❝If memory serves, which it always does – Incontinentia Pigmenti is known to result in blue or white rashes along the torso and limbs, but – not – green.❞  Finger drum: 1 – 23 – 1. ❝The same goes for Acanthosis Nigricans: darkening of pigmentation, thickening of the skin – unfortunately, these symptoms tend only to effect the armpits, neck, and groin –❞}