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[turbedon]

[A far too cheerful sounding voice pipes up over the Network, the owner of it nowhere to be found in Liminal Space in a rather telling way.]

Ladies and gentlemen, this is your pilot speaking-

Everyone okay? Anyone gone missing after the last Jaunt?

... Any newcomers we need to get off the brainway asap? Because just arriving and then being run over would really not be astrous. At all.

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[howexciting]

But that would be far too much time wasted. No, I will return to my usual schedule, to greatly expand my time awake.

[shiroganeheir]

Ah. I doubt I will be getting much sleep either.

However, Sensei, someone very intelligent told me once that to truly take care of others, you have to take care of yourself first. It is highly hypocritical of me to say it, but it is solid advice. Please at least attempt to take care of yourself. It would mean quite a lot to us.

[howexciting]

Oh, of course. Thank you for your concern, but I will be sure to get the fifteen minutes of sleep I require.

[shiroganeheir]

I believe the American expression is the pot calling the kettle black, however, even I must say that people need slightly more sleep than that.

Please, Sensei. If you are able to sleep, a bit more than that is important.

[howexciting]

... oh, it is not in a twenty-four hour period, if that is your concern! I sleep for fifteen minutes every four hours, so in effect, I cumulatively sleep an hour and a half every twenty-six hours or so.

[shiroganeheir]

[For Izanami's sake, she is not equipped for this. Her mental voice gets only a tiny bit exasperated.]

Studies have shown that people need at least four hours every twenty-four. Most say eight, but I find that excessive. As someone who does not sleep as much as I ought, I can say that it will help you greatly if you try to get more. Perhaps just... increase to half-hour sleeps?

[howexciting]

Three hours of sleep? Cristo! That would expend an extra year and a half of my life, just from the last half of my life alone! How would I make up for all that wasted time?