Hug. "Have sleep aids been invented yet - they help with nightmares -"

"There's herbal teas that are supposed to do it..."

"This seems a bit too intense for herbal teas but I can get some if you'd like."

"Worth a shot. Usually the dreams are inoffensive though." Sigh.

Hug. 

Hug. Sigh. Sleep. YELLING. Ugh.

Unhappy babies!!

"I am so sorry. I'll just. Sit up the rest of the night, shall I, get some work done by shine..."

"And we should maybe think about getting more space - it's hardly your fault -"

Kib kisses him and goes to sit at the kitchen table and work.

Babies get coaxed back down.

Shasali is very good at walking and shushing babies back to sleep but it's hard to do two at once.

Aitim can walk and shush a baby too.

Good.

And then the babies are asleep and Shasali can also go back to sleep.

Everyone except Kib can go back to sleep!

Kib is groggy the next day but doesn't have any nightmares the next night.

Can they afford a bigger place.

"Maybe if you don't keep giving so much to charity and take fewer baths," says Shasali.

"I'm down to one a day!"

"Unless one of the kids spits up on you, or you walk down one of the worse roads in town..."

"We can make do with the space."

"If you picked up some extra shifts we'd be fine to move. It's not that bad and the kids are there."

"It's the opportunity cost, not the work being unpleasant." Sigh. "I can do that."

"Or have Kib sell servants."

"I don't think he's got something saleable yet but I can ask."