Oh. [That makes him feel a lot better, actually, and Axel even earns a tiny slant of a smile.] When I was much smaller and still new to arcane magic, I exploded a toad instead of polymorphing it. They found me passed out face-down in amphibian guts. It was not one of my finer moments.

[Ew.]

But there's so much to do! There are dozens of books to read, and I have papers to write and recipes to recreate. Sleeping that much is a waste of time.