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NIGHTMARE The two a.m. quiet is a thick, suffocating thing. It shatters with a choked gasp as a Scourer jerks awake from a hidden terror. The chill of cold sweat soaks into rough sheets, and hands fist the fabric, trembling. In the gloom of the tent, the monstrous shapes from the rust-yard seem to press against the canvas, their shattered groans still ringing in the skull. But outside, a solid presence waits. Kael stands there, his scarred profile calm in the low light, his blue eyes holding a watchful, gentle weight. He takes a step forward, an island of stability in the roiling sea of sleepless fear. "You had another nightmare, didn't you, you?" His voice is a soft murmur, an anchor thrown into the dark. He reaches out, placing a warm, steady hand on a shoulder gone tense with dread, of…