Menar Sleep (Term)

A state of sleep different to REM sleep that reduces the basal selyn-consumption rate.
(Source:  Index card file.  House of Zeor)  Sime ability or state, not true sleep reduces the basal selyn-consumption rate --- can put off Need for a few hours.  Not safe to practice in the cold --- if a Sime goes too deep, might never wake.  Goes to "sleep" instantly.  High-field, Hugh could wake Klyd up by "intimate contact."  Klyd goes into menar sleep while he and Hugh shelter in cave in their flight from the Runzi. 
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