"Hi again! So I emailed you yesterday after asking Kero, phrased it like a game we're inventing, did you see it...?"

"Yeah! It's fine if you plain word it on my end, only person likely to see it is my mother or perhaps the NSA, mom's in on it and the NSA deals with crazies daily."

"All else being equal I'd rather the NSA and equivalents not think I'm crazy. Anyway," kiss.

Kiss! "So, how was homework, and the day after that, and today?"

"Homework was boring but quick-ish. I worked on my game some, but it's best to take that in small chunks. We actually did something interesting in math class today, a number puzzle that actually taught something, I'm as surprised as anyone. How about you?"

"Day was boring, had English and Geography and free period and Gym. And, game?"

"Oh, I'm programming a game. It's..." Not fun. "Not done."

"You don't sound super excited about it."

"Well, it's a lot harder than I thought it would be, and I don't have anyone do to art or music or anything."

"I wonder if we could magic it. The Voice card could help with the music maybe."

"...Ooh, great idea. I kinda want to see if Change can work on digital images as well as it does on other things. If we copy the new one before Changing it back it could save a lot of art time, yeah?"

"Yeah! Maybe Illusion could help with something, and even Create."

"Well, the game is about ship battle tactics - I was going to keep it simple and only see your own ship and a map. All about being in the right place to hit the enemy without wasting too much fuel, ammo, or whatever. I even made a board game out of it first to test if it could be interesting. I wasn't sure whether to give it a space theme or what so I've been holding off on art and music and just programming."

"Why are you making it?"

"...Well before I found magic 'Terry Miller, Game Developer' sounded really cool. 'Terry Miller, Sorcerer' is better obviously. And it seemed fun, programming something I want instead of just what the classes told me to."

"Well, 'Terry Miller, Cardcaptor' now, we don't actually know any non-card-based magic yet."

"Point."

"'Terry Miller, Sorcerous Game Developer' sounds nice, too, though."

"Makes it sound like I'm making a fantasy game. At that point I may just add whatever titles I feel like without regards to the overall aesthetic. What titles are you gonna shoot for?"

"Queen of the world, remember?"

"But we're going for as many titles as possible, not just the best individual title. Or no?"

"Oh, well, in that case, ummm. Supreme sorcerous magical shapeshifting benevolent empress of the world?"

He laughs. "We'll get there sooner or later. For now, gathering and practicing with cards, meditating, occasionally trying to find another sorcerer."

"Kinda annoys me that the only magic we have is this bunch of cards with very specific and somewhat inflexible powers."

"I get the impression form Kero that they're actually hugely powerful compared to most everything else. Pros and cons."