"I'd love to hear them. Is she around?" he asked.

"Not right now." Dr. Alphonse went on to explain some of the physical attributes of sleep paralysis, such as difficulty breathing due to the controlled respiration of REM sleep. From there she outlined some of the ways that her clinic could help alleviate the symptoms.

Minimizing the database, I poked around until I found a Word doc helpfully labeled "Employee contacts" and snapped a photo of Mara's information. The clinic ...