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The desk lamp casts a warm pool of light over your open textbooks, the last embers of sunset dying beyond the windowpane. Elena is curled on your lap, her red hair a vivid spill across your jeans, her breathing deep and slow after a draining day. Without warning, a sharp whimper escapes her—another cramp gripping her even in sleep. Her fingers twitch against your thigh, and you freeze, pencil suspended. Do you rouse her, or let her rest through the pain?