"I could try dropping the pen again, confirm it wasn't just two flukes and a bit of inattention or something?"

"We'd still only have Theo's senses and word for it."

"… I mean, is there a moderate chance it was in fact two flukes, or are we pretty certain that it's either Theo's senses gone wrong or ours not being good enough?"

"I am pretty sure it was not in fact two flukes. Feel free to test it again, though."

So she drops the pen again!

No breeze.

But it does kinda fall on its head and twirl a little bit before finishing its motion.

… She does it again.

This time it bounces a couple of times.

Pause. "This doesn't look particularly magical…"

"Not in the sense of directly breaking the laws of physics, it doesn't."

"Which the mug apparently did?"

"Pretty sure. You could keep dropping it a few more times, see if it always-or-usually does something weird or if it just drops normally sometimes?"

"What, you want her to try dropping the mug again?"

"No, the pen, see if it repeatedly bounces and whatever. Not conclusive or anything but it should at least help to show it wasn't just a mistake, if it wasn't."

"Yeah?" responds Ev. "I can do that."

She drops the pen a few more times.

The first time she tries, something equally suspicious happens to make the pen take a bit longer to fall. The second time, she gets distracted by a stray thought.

"– Sorry, what did you say?"

"I didn't say anything."

"… Nor me."

"Oh," she responds, then she shrugs.

"...so are you gonna keep doing it?"

"Huh?"

"Dropping the pen?"

She looks a bit confused. "… Uh, yeah?"

She goes to do it.

Distracted again.