Senecio adn Tide II

[VisAnastasis]

A playful, distracting description seemed to help ease the growing focus on guilt and darker things, and made Erdel feel a little less overwhelmed when he wasn't directly blamed for not resting. For Ben, though, despite being treated like an authority, it seemed it meant a lot to him how consistently Senecio grouped him with them and treated him like his own young Spirit, not like an ancient Riversong.
" Now, that's a good question, fellow youngster! " he coughed, despite the seriousness of the situation, not able to not be bemused at the actor's setup. "A lot of things can be on the table, the most important thing is that it is a relaxing activity with much different intensity than one during active hours. So, when you are active at night, relaxing activity during the day, when you are active during the day, relaxing activity at night. Active day and resting night work best for Demons who hang out with humans a lot, so you can imitate their pattern. You can eat snacks, bundle up in bed under the texture of covers you like, but don't just damn study, read a book of fairytales or whatnot - something distracting, engaging. It can get boring and lonely quickly, so you have to make variations. Like, Tide might snuggle most nights, but he might read books, write letters or sew or do other hobby, right? Lot of Demons often gather at night when they rest and have little chats, at least judging from my super ultra special book on adulting, hah. Generally, most important is to make a pattern that suits you, because otherwise, if you just study and do nothing, it will be one uninterrupted endless day of studying, and it chips away at your sanity. Artificial breaks are so important for mentality, so being stuck in one long day that never ends isn't overwhelming all the time, but there's a clear end to every day. So that even when day sucks, you don't feel like your whole existence sucks, but that tomorrow day would be better, with progression, so you don't feel stuck in time. Like that Alpha guy might have parties and talks and hangs out a lot during the day, but at night sews and has sleepovers and does something quieter. Limit your senses and your mental activity as much as possible, focus entirely on recharging. Observe other Demons and their patterns and see what words for you. Patterns... hm... Like, you have seen Xia with those human kids? Mister Janus is actually doing a surprisingly neat job, getting those kids used to a more normal life by giving them artificial brakes and structured life and bedtime, so they can be secure in what to expect. It is good for Xia's growing up well, that he follows kid's life pattern - she can learn resting with them, something she could not do if she just went around working. I made sure she had all she needed when I went to check on her to see if she's growing well. Uh, I mean, yes, Janus himself might be a big garbage about taking care of his own health, uhm, so don't take notes from him specifically, " he still warmed, and added most casually, as if it was a small info dump by the way. " I mean, yeah, Tide and Hans likely monitor him to make him rest somewhat sometimes, but I imagine it's hard to rest when you're all overwhelmed with food insecurity, and his health sucks due to starvation and all, so like, don't take notes from his specifically, okay? Svarik and I have plans to fix that poor bastard's constitution so he can eat normally, so hopefully he gets better later, so for the time being just don't take him as a role mode-"
" You mean, he can get better? " Erdel suddenly interrupted, straightening up a little when startled, but when Ben frowned at him and stared him down sternly for trying to sit up, he obediently fell back down, his shoulders slouching in relief. " Thanks goodness... That is wonderful news... " A wave of genuine relief indeed washed over the actor, making Erdel feel a little more present and in the moment, but the reaction seemed to make Ben a little angry and frustrated, as he was pressing his temples again.
" I mean, yeah, of course, we have gazillion different kinds of soul manipulators, one of whom has a cheat insight of thousands of years of soul research and all, so I have no idea why you'd think it wouldn't be possible? How about you focus on yourself for five damn minutes, punk? Seriously, always worrying about everyone else instead of yourself, giving me headaches all the damn time... "

[Mirach]

"But Erdel is right, that's great news," Senecio agreed. "I'm glad you can do that. Is there some timeline too? Can I help in some way? Okay, yes, not now, I get it... Now we're trying to avoid getting in trouble with the adults back at home. So we need a long-term solution by helping Erdel pick a schedule and relaxing activity for a daily reset. How long should demons actually rest for it to be a proper reset? I've got the feeling Tide doesn't need as much as we do, just follows our schedule. Is it individual? And it would be good to also have some quick temporary solution for right now. Is there something that could serve as an equivalent to a nap? Would it help if we finally have thay breakfast together, and just watch the sea quietly, without any talk about laws or other things?"