"The mug!"

"...I thought you said it was okay? People are clumsy sometimes."

"It is!" he responds. "But I have no idea how a mug stopping in midair could be clumsiness!"

She raises an eyebrow at him.

"It fell, nothing hit it, it took about," pause, "that long to hit the ground."

"And it is uncommon for mugs not to hit the floor instantly upon being knocked over?"

"That was longer than it'd take a mug to drop. From the cupboard. The top of the cupboard."

"If you say so."

"– Didn't notice anything?"

"Not really, but you're the one with the supersenses and eidetic memory. Maybe the vampire house has magic in it, now? Stuff can't break if you don't want it to?"

"… Do you wanna try that? Because I don't want, like, a pen to break, but perhaps I don't care about pens as much as mugs so it might not be a fair test."

"How, with Ev here? Bit implausible."

"I mean, I can fetch you a pen and go finish making her a coffee?"

"Oh, the pen, right, was thinking about the mug. Well, sure, I guess."

So he goes back, fetches her a pen, and then returns to the kitchen!

...and it occurs to her that she will probably ruin the carpet if she tries doing this here so she decides to try to break it in a sink instead.

Probably a good idea.

It breaks just fine.

She disposes of the evidence and returns to the kitchen.

Where Evelyn is smiling and sipping from a mug! She is also mostly looking at Theo, but when she notices Sadde has entered she drags her eyes away from him to say, "Hey."

Theo is standing near the island in the middle of the kitchen.

"Hiya," she says, going for the fridge.

"So! I hope Sadde passed along the offer – I can get a message around if you want a party, or just blend into the crowd or something…?"

"Yeah! She did," he responds. "I'm not really in the mood for one right now, doing okay just having a bit of a quiet time, but thanks."

"It wouldn't be a bad idea, though, in general, even if I can't convince Theo to go."

"I was thinking of having one in like, a week? I had a few friends over at the weekend but it was mostly an out-of-town crowd, so– I didn't really think of inviting you."

She looks at Theo a bit apologetically. Then also at Sadde, but mainly at Theo.

Must be the sway.