That's enough to wake him, and he scrambles into a sit abruptly, trying to get away from her -- or, more specifically, the phantoms of unreality that have threatened to follow him into this world. He sucks in a sharp breath through his teeth, his eyes wide and wild, ringed in incandescent green, and then clenches them shut tightly, trying to will his breathing back to normal in an effort to calm himself down before things get out of hand.

"Sorry," he mumbles hurriedly, eyes still closed. "Just -- I need a minute ... "