“They had been taught that night provided two experiences depending on the human's need. For some: restoration. The process called sleep, which repaired the body and sorted the mind's accumulated: chaos. For others: wrestling. The dark hours when fears grew teeth and thoughts spiralled and the specific loneliness of 3 AM made everything feel: permanent. For those in the second group, fears would begin to dissolve as the sun rose during dawn. Thoughts would slow. Chai would be drunk — the first cup of the morning, the cup that Indian humans treated as: sacred, the ritual that separated the darkness from the: day.”