"Is it fun?"

"It's... occupying, I prefer to do it than not. I don't think fun is exactly the right word. It's very important to me, but more in a breathing way than in the way hobbies are."

"Huh," says Trouble. "I think I get it." He tilts his head thoughtfully. "I don't know if I have anything like that, though."

"Nothing at all?"

"Not that I can think of. Why?" He grins. "Is that weird?"

"No, actually, I think that's pretty typical."

"Not having a thing you're attached to like I am to my introspection thing? Yeah. Andi's my benchmark for normalcy and she doesn't have one, for instance."

"Is she super normal or do you just not have anybody else that handy?" he wonders.

"She's both relatively normal and accessible."

"Makes sense," says Trouble. "I don't know if I know any normal people. Unless you guys count. Do you count?"

"I wouldn't count me, no."

Trouble grins. "I figured."

"But Andi works, if you want a sample normal person."

"If I can ever think of something to do with one, I'll ask her," he laughs.

"Nothing occurs to you?"

"Nope."

"She's often better than I am about predicting how our parents will react to things, since our parents are also pretty normal."

"Handy talent," says Trouble.

"It is!"

He giggles.

"Well, I'm off to meet Andi. See you later."

"See you!" he says agreeably.

And home go the twins.

Trouble doesn't show up to school at all the next day, but he does show up at Bella's house with cake.