Less time with Sadie now in favor of more time with her later when he has more energy and strength recovered does sound like a worthwhile trade. That, and her purr is rather convincing.

Hand lowering down as Sadie eases herself away, he uses both hands on the bed to support himself sitting upright alone as he feels the fatigue more acutely with the promise of sleep. Watching as she takes away the temptation for work, he nods at her question, “Yeah, I can.”

Scooting along the edge of the bed to center himself closer to the head of the bed, he turns his one hip to bring a single foot up on the edge as he eases himself down to his side with the other following midway down. An accompany grimace shows briefly, but once he has his shoulder down, he rolls easily to his back with a push of his legs and a hand. One at a time, he slides his heels down to lay entirely flat on the top of his bed with space on either side open for Sadie to join him, if with more to the far side of the bed.