Take Exhibit A, for example.
Xavier Aeric Theron Solaris.
A hidden big boss who'd been raised with impeccable etiquette befitting his true station had somehow found himself surviving on barely any sleep.
Instead of spending a peaceful and restful night with his beloved, most of those precious hours of darkness had been devoted to repeatedly reminding himself that self-control was the bare minimum expected of any decent human being.
And that, short of the universe somehow turning itself inside out because of circumstances completely beyond anyone's control, restraint came before everything else. As someone who wanted to be decent, if nothing else, he was determined to stick to his principles and let his beloved get the rest he so desperately needed.
Sure, other people might've found his predicament utterly ridiculous, but that was only because they weren't the ones being subjected to such a relentless test of willpower.
