The time that Clark and Maria slept was much longer than they expected. They had used much more energy while out of the city. Neither had realized just how much energy having high emotions would drain. The simple fact that they were forced to be more alert was a massive energy drain. Add on the mother horned rabbit fight, and they were completely exhausted when they touched their beds.
While Clark had slept, Devi and Crim had finished acclimating to eden's end. The taming space had a strange energy that seemed to make them unable to focus on anything but processing energy. Their bodies had been unable to speedily absorb energy because they had still needed to grow more. But they had been pushed to the next stage of their lives.
