The medical devices suddenly emitted a loud beep, the monitors began to flicker as if they had detected an unknown signal. The heart rate increased, and the breathing changed.
— What’s happening in there?! — shouted the nurse, rushing into the room.
The doctors gathered in a hurry, filled with panic. They couldn’t believe what they were seeing: the first spontaneous respiratory movements were clearly recorded on the screen.
The officer blinked, then tried to move his fingers. The little dog barked happily and rubbed its snout against his cheek, as if calling him back, urging him to return fully to life.
No one could explain this phenomenon — perhaps the familiar smell, the dog’s voice, his presence activated the deepest mechanisms of the brain, awakening memories and the will to live.
The officer was weak, but he had regained his senses, and his gaze, for the first time in so long, fixed directly on the cheerful Lari. It even seemed that he tried to smile.
And the doctors, barely containing their astonishment, looked at each other — and one of them quietly said:
— Well, kid… it seems we didn’t let him say goodbye for nothing.
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