What do you mean? In the Alliance, no time is wasted. Even sleeping is an opportunity for self-improvement.

[ having just gotten here, it likely hasn't occurred to him yet that the fact that his formerly pilot-able giant robot now being the size of a toy probably has restricted certain functions like that. having wasteful sleep time?? can't relate. ]

Mon-ey..? [ he speaks the word like he's trying it out because that's exactly what's happening. magical translation or not, there's only so much it can do without an equivalent expression, after all. ] Ah.. is that similar in practise to meal ration tickets?