"You wouldn't have if I'd actually been asleep," he responded. It was true after all. Laharl slept like a proverbial log. If he'd been asleep, Vyers just standing there would certainly have not woken him up.

He was stunned for a moment when his father smiled at him like that. It just... felt... odd. Not in a bad way, just... he wasn't sure what. "Well... uh, probably... but..."

He trailed off, his meaning undoubtedly obvious. He'd be asleep if he could sleep.