"I don't like swearing."

"Cute." Temple says sincerely. "Wanna try the scroll co-charging?"

"The what now?"

"Oh, I mean. Like, I said earlier I can charge scrolls. I am curious if the both of us can charge the same scroll."

"Ooh, let's try it!"

Okay, so they will use magic detection scrolls: one as a baseline; one charged for a minute by Temple; another one-minute charge by Sadde; and one charged for a minute by them both. Is Sadde okay with this test? If yes, then how does the twice-charged scroll behave?

Yep. Sadde's scroll is less effective, and theirs together isn't as effective as the other two added.

"I wonder if I am getting stronger? The other day I tried to time how fast I can get the necessary mana back and I noticed it was recharging faster."

"Means I'd probably be behind."

"But it could also be a bunch of other things. Maybe it's like a skill, or a muscle, or something about the intent of how we are pushing, or the fact that I wrote the scroll, or maybe something else entirely including combinations of all the alternatives..." By the end of it Temple seems to be talking mostly to himself. Then he appears to remember that Sadde is there. "So, want to try a variety of this again or something else? I almost want to have you try feeling the tug, but I am not sure it would be safe. Even if it just covers this place with petals or something."

"Sounds flashy. You said you had notes, do you have hypotheses listed in these notes?"

"Flashy? And I do have some hypotheses! They are a bit of a mess to decipher, though. I was writing them purely for myself."

"Lots of petals appearing out of nowhere would be flashy, I mean. Anyway, we should do this more systematically, I think."

"Oh, yes. Do you have suggestions?"

"Spreadsheets! With the exact time each spell takes, and when it was cast, and which spells were cast before we felt a tug, and the evolution of that over time."

"I have some of the times written down, but don't have those notes with me and they aren't in spreadsheet format." He makes a note of that. "I tried to time the tug thing by pouring all the mana-slash-energy-slash-whatever in a scroll then waiting until I could cast a spell safely, but stopped that after it became apparent that I was recharging faster and then tried seeing my own magic... granted I gave up on that avenue of research because it's annoying not being able to cast something."

"Not very scientifically-minded of you, is it?"

"Nope, not really. My general approach was generally, write a bunch tests down, get a new interesting result and then forget all the tests that I wrote. I mean, I am working on limited energy reserves."

"All the more reason to be systematic! So you can learn the most efficient way to test."

"I know but it is so distracting! The magic is right there, tempting me."

"If you do things more efficiently you can have more magic in the future!"

"I know." Temple pouts. "Well... if you help at least I will have some external pressure to actually focus."

"External incentives are always a great idea. Or, at least, frequently a great idea."

"Yeah, or at least working with two people... Uh, I wonder if it's a good use of our time to search for others..."

"It is! They could have all kindsa knowledge we don't!"