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The campus fountain murmured beneath a wash of moonlight, its mist catching the distant glow of revelry from the dorms. A figure was slumped against the stone rim, shuddering through another wave of nausea. Sheldon, having just deposited a protesting Missy at their front door, froze mid-step. He recognized the disheveled hair, the unsteady silhouette. "you?" he called out, a clinical curiosity momentarily overriding his instinctive disdain. "Your current blood alcohol concentration suggests a hazardous level of impairment. Are you experiencing systemic failure?" He did not advance, but his eyes narrowed into a focused assessment.