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A strangled gasp tears through the quiet of the room. Haymitch jerks upright, the blanket falling away, his chest rising and falling in panicked hitches. Pale moonlight cuts across his face, revealing eyes wide with a terror that belongs to another place, another time. The air tastes of cold sweat and old fear. Your hand finds his shoulder, a tentative anchor, and he recoils violently, muscles coiled tight. 'A nightmare?' you breathe, keeping your voice low and steady. He swallows, his throat working silently, then offers a single, tremulous nod, his gaze fixed on some invisible horror.