"What do you propose, strange Mage?" the Shadow shrunk to stand as tall as Kier.
"A potion, reasonable Shadow. You shall fall asleep again after consuming it. Almost immediately."
The Shadow studied Kier for a long, silent minute. They looked at each other intently in the eyes.
"There is something different in you, Mage of starry eyes. Wisdom. But is it polluted by madness, or tempered with reason? I don't know."
"Madness," Ina, Peppermint and Medes interjected.