[ oh, thank goodness. she breathes a small sigh of relief, deliberately off-crystal, then opens her mouth to ask

a really strange question, now that she's thought about it and isn't working herself into an anxiety spiral about it. hmm. ]

I'm not in any immediate danger, or anything, [ hedging, trying to come up with a way to ask that won't sound fucking unhinged,. ] Merely... You know how it can be, in the middle of the night? Ruminating on the worst possible outcomes, working yourself up over things that may never come to pass.