[If she'd been thinking about the fact her emotions are, eventually, going to come back, she would have realized that sleeping was a bad idea.
When what Max did starts to wears off, Steph is in the middle of a dream, and it twists unpleasantly as everything starts to come back in bits and pieces, some emotions resurfacing stronger for moments, sharper after they'd been cut off. Her dreams turn messy and painful, and waking up is even worse.
Her breath is a ragged gasp as she starts awake, all but tumbling out of bed and landing in a crouch, hand going to a staff that isn't there, because fear and panic and everything is ripping through her, and it's too much.]
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When what Max did starts to wears off, Steph is in the middle of a dream, and it twists unpleasantly as everything starts to come back in bits and pieces, some emotions resurfacing stronger for moments, sharper after they'd been cut off. Her dreams turn messy and painful, and waking up is even worse.
Her breath is a ragged gasp as she starts awake, all but tumbling out of bed and landing in a crouch, hand going to a staff that isn't there, because fear and panic and everything is ripping through her, and it's too much.]