"It can change a lot of stuff, and gets more powerful as you do."

"Yes okay but it's mine neener neener."

"Aw Sadde, of course it is, but...." Temple gives him exaggerated puppy dog eyes, "wouldn't you want to change some junk to fund the cause of saving the world?"

"...sure, alright."

"Yay!" Temple hugs him. "Just remember, if there is no world, you can't conquer it. We probably should check the full capabilities of each card we already have. Maybe not inside my living room, or not all of them. What does The Twin do exactly? Does it turn me into a copy of someone?"

"No, it creates very close copies of things."

"Niiiice. Are those permanent?"

"They can be."

"Well, okay, but is that the kind of thing we have to work on to get better? Or we already start making permanent things?"

"It's permanent if you leave it changed for more than twenty-four hours."

"Okay. Same for the twin? Can you make cumulative changes then?"

"What do you mean?"

"Could I make a permanent copy of something by leaving it around for 24 hours? Could I use The Change to change something then come back a day later and change it again so I have a twice-changed object?"

"I'm not sure how Twin works, like that, but yes you can change something twice."

"Would Twin know if they work like that?"

"I think so."

"I kinda want to try both ways. Sadde, do you think I'm forgetting something?"

"About Twin and Change?"

"The cards in general. I want to try talking with each one of them like we did with Flower."

"Oh you're definitely forgetting stuff. Does this cost mana? How much? What's Flower's rate of matter creation per minute? How sturdy is Shield? Can Windy be used for flight? How strong and precise is it? That's only what just occurred to me, mind."

"Those are all things that we should find out, but not exactly what I had in mind for the moment. Well, the mana cost is relevant."

"It doesn't cost anything but it gets more powerful when you do."

"What did you have in mind?"

"Well, generally get to know each other on a more personal level? Cerberus's descriptions helped, but it would be nicer talk to them myself in case he is incorrect or not specific enough."

"I suppose, but if that looks like meditation then I'm gonna be bored out of my mind, here. Or I guess I could interrogate Cerberus—what a mouthful—while you do that."