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In monastic orders, one of the set prayer times involves the monks getting out of bed at four in the morning for a service of sacred song, prayer, and meditation.

At [[Unseen University]], the equivalent is a mealtime unknown anywhere else in creation: at around four in the morning, the tables are set for Somnambulistic Nibbles. As the name implies, this might have at least begun as a service to [[Wizards|wizards]] who not only sleepwalk, but sleep-eat.

We are assured in {{SOD3}} that being asleep is no longer an entry requirement to the Old Refectory for any wizard feeling a little bit peckish at this hour of the day, and who cannot stand the long wait for [[Early Breakfast]] at six o'clock in the morning. It is entirely possible that this is a service much appreciated by [[Ponder Stibbons]] and other wizards pulling all-nighters in the [[High Energy Magic Building]] who find themselves in need of essential sustenance.

While not mentioned as such in {{UA}}, this is the time of the night where the [[Night Kitchen]] is of supreme importance, [[Glenda Sugarbean]] becomes one of the most important people in the University, and in fact a lot of the fine detail, dialogue and argument of the book must be played out over this mealtime.

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