Originally Posted by mrfuji3
The general advice is to long rest as often as possible. Any time a character says "I'm tired" or similar while exploring, this is actually indicating that they have something to talk about.

I assume, in order to get Rafael the first time you long rested, you didn't long rest until after talking to Nettie? Pretty sure the game expects you to have long rested 2-4 times before that.

This thread (SPOILERS) https://forums.larian.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=762145#Post762145 is relevant, discussing which companions to bring to which events/conversations.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH, is THAT why they say they are tired? I just assumed it was because they were out of spell-slots and hence "exhausted". Thank you very much for stating this, I am pleasantly surprised that Larian actually hint at their players when our companions need to talk.

Hoot hoot, stranger! Fairly new to CRPGs, but I tried my best to provide some feedback regardless! <3 Read it here: My Open Letter to Larian