[Insomina]

[twobloomsup]

[There is a certain Good Troll looking at the feed. He is slouched over, and there are some quite big bags under his eyes.]

I can't sleep, no matter what I do.

[He wobbles for a moment.]

Does anyone, anyone, have a way to put someone to sleep?

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[mightletyouknowme]

If you find somebody really boring, they're usually really good to put you to sleep.

[twobloomsup]

Nobody comes to mind who is very boring, though!

[Beat]

I have good friends, hee!

[mightletyouknowme]

Good friends don't help you sleep. If you're around good friends, you'd just want to stay awake.

[twobloomsup]

But I don't know anyone who is boring. I like everyone here.

[He yawns.]

[mightletyouknowme]

There definitely used to be boring people. [Or, she used to be more rude.]

Stella always gives me warm things before bed.

[twobloomsup]

Warm things, warm things... [Stanley scratches his chin] ...like a cinnamon roll?

[That's unlikely, Stanley.]

[mightletyouknowme]

Everybody knows you shouldn't go to sleep when you're full. It has to be like tea.

[twobloomsup]

Tea? Before bed?

It's worth a try!

[mightletyouknowme]

Tea is good for a lot of things.

[twobloomsup]

Huh.

[Stanley wobbles and yawns.]

I'll give that a try!

[mightletyouknowme]

You already look sleepy. Why would it even be hard?

[twobloomsup]

Because I TRY, but I don't sleep! It's like that apple that's just out of your reach.

[mightletyouknowme]

Singing helps, too!

[twobloomsup]

...oh, a lullaby?

[mightletyouknowme]

A cute song, like Mother's sing.

[twobloomsup]

[Stanley's now singing Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, and is likely mangling it quite a bit.

Good job!]

[mightletyouknowme]

Ehhhhhhhhhhh??! No! It doesn't work if it's no good!

[twobloomsup]

Ahhh!

[Stanley shakes a bit, then stops.]

No good?

[mightletyouknowme]

You don't even have the words right!

[twobloomsup]

Then how about this?

[Now it's the ABC song, with most of the letters in the wrong places.]

[mightletyouknowme]

How do you not even know those?! That's the easiest one!

[twobloomsup]

[so says the Japanese woman about the English song]

It is? Oh dear, it's terrible indeed...

[Stanley appears to nod off, but then his eyes open.]

I know my Ps and Qs, at least.

[mightletyouknowme]

[A degree of English is part of Japanese culture and even being Japanese, Sena knows the English alphabet.

She's not longer as focused on his real problem.]

If you don't know that much, can you even read?

[twobloomsup]

[Stanley takes a moment to think.]

...I can read signs. Or, I know the signs.

Hoo, I'm out of it.

[mightletyouknowme]

[She switches to text.]

But you can't read this?

[twobloomsup]

This?

This is this I'm reading. How's that?

[See what lack of sleep does?]

[mightletyouknowme]

[She switches back to voice.]

Eh?! Then you're lying?!

[masked_god]

I might have some things that can help.

[twobloomsup]

Someone else suggested tea to me. Is that one of the things?

[masked_god]

I was thinking of something a bit stronger than tea, but we could start with that if you like.

[twobloomsup]

Okay!

What kind?

[masked_god]

Why don't we start with enriched chamomile?

[And by 'enriched' he means modified to knockout any animal foolish enough to graze on the plant]