Mira had been a bit panicked by Elias's seemingly endless sleep after the second day, and she had sent word to Brother Valerius about the issue, but she was informed that this was normal for him, and she should only call for their attention if his sleep exceeded a week or more.
She remembered how her mother used to tell her about the restorative power of sleep, but she had warned her that sleep should not surpass an entire day, else one risk falling into the temptation of the lesser divinities to sleep forever.
In the olden days, there were tricky spirits and ancient monsters who fed off the dreams of men, and they tried to make people sleep for long so they could forget their responsibilities in order to eat their dreams.
