And then there’s Nora who, as usual, keeps on sleeping quite easily through the gentle chatter close at hand. Pak takes one look at her and crawls up onto the couch as well, hanging off her shoulders again but this time from the front, a chest pack instead of a Pak back. He’s asleep again in no time at all, but the nurse points out that that’s quite normal. 20 hours of sleep and three leaves a day, that’s the basics of what a Slakoth needs to be happy and healthy.

Nora’s only input on the conversation is a muted mutter of “blueberry pancakes” as he shifts in her sleep, shifts her arms around Pak’s coziness, and settles back into her slumber. Give her another half hour to power-nap and she’ll wake up as electrically charged as ever and ready to go.