"You're welcome to try it for my power."

"It works fine on your power at doing whatever the fuck it is doing with powers. Did you notice anything, the other mes don't but that could be because we're us."

"Nope."

"Well, hopefully Tattletale can diagnose us mystery Loricae."

Later that evening Lorica Tribune receives an email:

Was galea sure your power was harmless? I've been getting more and more tired since you used it on me.

Oh shoot. I can come get you and undo it? I think I can undo it, it just barely seemed to do anything so I didn't think of it.

Maybe? I'm worried that I'll fall asleep, which given my powers means reliving traumatic memories in detail rather than normal sleep and I'd really prefer not that.

Is it obvious while you're asleep if you're having nightmares or not? I could come over and like, wake you up if you start yelling. Or just undo it outright if you don't want to risk it.

It's not noticeable but I can have my parents wake me up shortly after I fall asleep if you think it's worth testing? And call you over if in fact it's the normal nightmares my power gives me.

Okay. I really hope it doesn't do you any harm, it doesn't feel like it should but I don't know for certain that it would.

It takes Lucien a while to get to sleep, but his mom being by his side and promising to wake him up shortly afterwards helps. Being really really tired helps too.

I slept! Normal sleep! For the first time since getting my powers!

Is that good? It sounds good!

It's good! I want to try doing it for the next several hours - I hear that's popular these days.

Sweet dreams!

The next morning there is another email from Lucien:

Oh wow sleep is really good it turns out! I have energy! Uh, I normally have energy but in a 'I can keep doing things' sort of way and not a 'I feel ready to face the world' sort of way. It's great!

Oh I'm so glad. If you need a re-up drop by whenever.

He doesn't need a top-up later that day, but the day after he does, though it's fine if she isn't available - sleeping two out of three nights is more than enough for him.

"I don't know what else my power is good for besides letting you sleep! I don't have anything else important on."

"Hopefully Tattletale will be free soon to advise about that - right now we're busy trying to force the PRT to negotiate."

"Well, let me know if it would somehow help at all for one of us to come mediate or something."

"Not much to mediate at the moment - right now it's mostly Tagg taking pot shots at us and us doing our best to stop this without blowing anything up in process."

"I appreciate that you're trying to minimize the explosions."

"I'm not a fan of them. The rest of the Undersiders aren't either... Imp might be ambivalent I guess, I can't tell."

"I should talk to Imp. Or like, some group of us should talk to Imp. Do you have her email?"