[Here smile is more a grimace. London being a dirty place is a bit of an understatement.]

'We'? Is your world very small perhaps? Do you shrink to fit?

Your advice isn't bad - it's honestly how things have worked in the past. Usually to wake up, I have to accomplish a goal or figure something out. I didn't know if the rules had changed just because the place had.

...Contrary isn't always bad though.