Sandy being, not only the eldest of the group, but the resident expert on Sleep, he had seen each of them when they didnt have enough sleep and knew exactly how they reacted when that happened. Bunny got even more surrly than usual and tended to hole up in the Warren. Tooth would go around at an even faster rate, as if slowing down would giving in to her body's need for sleep. North would get louder and would lightly hallucinate. Seeing as each and every one of them were textbook workaholics, Sandy fully expected to find Jack falling into the same habit and, consequently, how he would act when lacking sleep. It even, in a way, made the Sandman feel better to know this about each of his friends so he could help them. It was his area after all, but as a year than three passed, Sandy could not find Jack acting any differant than he always did, but he also never caught the boy sleeping either. Thats what worried him. Jack was in most everyway a Child. His sand bent to him like a Child and took on his imaginary shaped like a Child, but Jack neither fell asleep after being around it, nor could be tracked when he was asleep, but this made Sandy, after four years, get a very bad feeling. Did Jack acctually sleep? Sandy set out to get his awnser. He sent a small handful of Sand to follow the boy, and yes it could do this. Allow me to explain:

Sandy's Sand acttually had its own conciounce.

It could speak, though only to sandy

and could go away to do what Sandy asked of it.

Knowing this, The Sand set out and followed Jack, intending to report back immediately the first time Jack fell asleep. It waited for it oppurunity,first a day, then two. A week passed then three. By the time a month had passed, even The Sand grew paniced and shot off to find the Sandman and tell of what it had found out. Sandy, the moment he heard this, shot off to find Jack. He found the boy in less than half an hour, speed fueled by worry making him faster then ever. Sandy practically tackled Jack from the sky and, ignoring the Spirit's questions and protests, studied him. Sandy held him by the shoulders and looked him in the eyes, gaze unwavering as he searched for any way to deny the knowledge he now held. BUt Sandy saw what he had feared most. Dark bags under his eyes and a dullness in his eyes. A look that the world sat on his thin, frail shoulders. Sandy jumped back in alarm, finally hearing what Jack was saying..

"-Are you doing little man? almost gave me a heart attack", Jack said, looking confused but grinning. When Sandy didnt awnser, Jack looked at him, worried. "You ok Sandy? did something happen?" Jack asked. Sandy was quick to shake his head and was about to ask the boy who had, admittedly, become very good at desifering his pictures, when Bunny jumped from a tunnel a few yards from them.

"Hey North needs us up at the Pole", Bunny said, unsurprised to see the two together.