There are no lights in the loft, although it looks like dawn is about to break outside.
Between the jolt you woke up from and the scream, sleep seems impossible right now.
You do not possess a fire-throwing boomstick.
Well I'm a dwarf scientist/tinker/alchemist and I have invented lights, dwarven ale that aids in sleeping and have bought a fire-throwing boomstick from E-bay.