Vitals Stable. Nurse Unhinged. — 20oz Tumbler

Bed 6: heart rate 78, BP 120/72, sat 98%. Textbook.

You: visibly dissociating in the med room. Whispering “why” into the Pyxis.

Both are true. Often. The tumbler holds the third coffee that keeps the dissociation manageable.

20oz stainless steel. Vacuum-insulated.