The next information came through the appropriate response updates and, later, the records I was asked to clarify for the investigation.

Erin found Mia beside the bed, frightened of movement.

The child took hold of her uniform cuff and twisted it around two fingers while the paramedic spoke.

Noah noted no obvious external wound.

Erin recorded that this did not explain the severity of her pain.

There was a strong cleaner smell in part of the house.

It was noted as an environmental observation, not adopted as a cause.

A smell could offer an easy story before anyone understood the injury, and neither paramedic used it that way.