The difference had been night and day since she bought her weighted blanket.
You had warned her about going to wash it but she didn't heed your warning until it was bedtime, she was most unhappy she didn't have it.
Regardless she was mentally exhausted after streaming longer than usual so she joined you in bed to doze off to sleep.
You had grown accustomed to her tossing and turning before she got her blanket, but this time something was off.
Kronii was murmuring something, shaking a little and slowly kicking about.
"No don't..."
"That's mine, please..."
"Stop it..."
It had been a while but you recognised it quickly, one of her night terrors.
Waking her up wasn't going to fix things, her mind was clearly in a bad place and she would get another bad dream of continuous torment.
Slowly and carefully, you roll over to her side.
"Get away..."
Tentatively bringing your arm across and holding her, she squirmed a little. It was wise to be gentle and methodical here so as to not frighten her.
Her light top and shorts were drenched in sweat yet you pushed through the clammy uncomfortableness and continue, bringing her against you and putting your other arm underneath her, trapped between her delicate frame and the mattress
"Please no..."
Hugging her body tight against you to stop her spasmodic movements, you place Kronii's head next to yours and begin a calm, meditative "shhhh".
Kronii wriggled a little as you begun, making scared little noises.
"Don't hurt me anymore..."
She began to quieten as you continued to assuage her, a light stroke of her hair with placating squeezes as you embraced her.
"Save me..."
It took a monumental amount of self-restraint to not aggressively coddle and love her as she said that, but she was still asleep and you knew she needed the tranquility right now.
5 minutes or so passed as Kronii fell silent, her kicking and tossing ebbed to small movements. Kronii was at peace within your protective arms. As long as you were here with her, those night terrors would be a thing of the past.