Xavier is significantly less squirmy than his niece.  One might even say:  he isn't squirmy.  Pet, pet, pet, pet.  For as long as Haru stays asleep.

He takes a two-hours-and-change nap, then blinks awake. "- where am I?"

"About an hour outside Toronto, in the same house you fell asleep in.  I moved you to a bedroom so poor Ariel wouldn't feel so stifled."

"Oh. Uh, thank you."

"Do you in fact remember the basics of the situation?"

"I am either having a really dramatic psychotic break or I'm from another timeline somehow and my only mental problem is that I'm having my esper awakening hell week. I recall you leaning toward the latter explanation."

"Good, yes."

"Are there more details you want to check if I know or does that do the trick?"

"Since I'm leaning toward the later explanation, that much seems fine."

"Okay. - is Ari mad at me for sleeping on her -"

"I hardly expect so.  She fell asleep on you first."

"Well, that's what I thought at the time, but you see I'm rather insane."

"She read to me as physically uncomfortable and eager to escape, but blamelessly so.  If I hadn't been handy to rescue her I expect she would have willingly stayed as long as you needed."  Scritch scritch.  "Though I'm pessimistic about the quality of sleep both of you would have gotten, in that case."

"I don't really expect to have a good night of sleep this week."

"Your blood didn't have any anomalies I could detect compared to that of people from this timeline.  It might be safe to sedate you."

"The EMTs in my universe did not recommend that but awakenings are all different so I guess it might help and just doesn't work in enough cases that it's covered in paramedic training modules."

"Did they elaborate on why?"

"Medically risky to do a lot of it, is what they said."

"Mm.  And strange timeline-hopping scenarios aren't likely to decrease risk, are they.  If the only concerns had been cost or ease of administration for your family, I would have said I have some advantages over your previous situation."

"Espers are valuable, they'd have sent somebody to the house or put me up in TGH for free if that had seemed to be the best way to get me through it both of alive and kindly disposed toward the government of Canada."

"Sensible of them.  How are you feeling, apart from the very obvious?"

"My elbow's still sore from when I fell earlier pre-dimensional-transit. I've got a bit of a headache. I could use lunch."

"Would you like an over-the-counter painkiller?"

"Sure, thank you."

Xavier retrieves a pill bottle from a drawer in his nightstand before rolling out of bed and offering a hand up to Haru.