It was the big sigh that started it, I suppose. Dolly the Mega-cat lifted her head from whatever unsavoury thing it was she'd been investigating deep in the shrubbery and came over to sit down in front of me, regarding me with that steady eye she's developed. Oh, nothing, Dolly. I got work to do.
Sleep is work.
I looked at her. She looked at me. You monkey-faces have a lot to learn. So that's what I did. Sleep, I mean.