Later that morning, he sat in Dr. Farah’s clinic. He wasn't there for therapy; he was there to show her his graphs. "Look at this spike in cortisol at 3 AM," Aarav said, pointing at his phone screen. "It correlates with the nightmares. I need a better cortisol blocker. Maybe Ashwagandha isn't enough." Dr. Farah didn't look at the phone. She looked at Aarav. He looked thin. His skin had the pallor of someone who lived in LED light. He was vibrating with a nervous energy that he probably categorized as "Flow State" but was actually Sympathetic Nervous System Overdrive.