[He tilts his head as he takes his own seat, and pushes his cup a little further away from the edge of the table.]

Nightmares are normal. When you don't... deal with things on a conscious level, your subconscious needs to pick up the slack. So you get nightmares, or night terrors. [His mouth twists.] And hey. What'd I say? There are a lot of different ways to wind up hurt.

[He curls his fingers around the tea. Gently,]

What's bothering you?