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They perform some more magic tests and run out of mana and recover mana and perform more tests and a second sleepover could be fun but it's decided that people can do coordinated tests in their own places and there is not actually a need for them to all be in the same place. The Maxwells' driver takes Jess home (and Maya, too, if she prefers that to staying with the Maxwells but they assure her she's welcome to stay there), then takes Sadde, Theo, and Tyler to the Farron residence, where Sadde prefers to be dropped—he'll go to his place by public transportation, he'd like to talk to the—twins?—yes, thank you, it was a pleasure meeting you.
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always-changing
Theo also says goodbye to the driver and then walks up to his house's door. "What did you want to talk about?"
not_my_card
"Mmostly wanted to, like. Touch base, check that everything's alright—especially with you," looking at Tyler. "And then probably go for a walk because I'm tired of being cooped up all day."
once-removed
Tyler gives him a bit of a look. Sort of bored and slightly confused. "I think I'm okay."
not_my_card
"Okay, good. Erm, I also kinda wanna get to know you." Pause. "As opposed to figuring you're Theo plus alterations. You weren't exactly super talkative today. Or yesterday. Which is a personality trait I guess, but."
once-removed
"I'm not sure I have overmuch in the way of memories yet, ones that are my own and my own experiences where I took choices that are mine, and I haven't properly deconstructed my head because it's difficult to do that, shocker, and I have been guessing at what I think and should think by trying not to go with my instinctual response to things because it's typically not mine."
once-removed
"Cached thoughts from him," he indicates Theo, "that I have not yet successfully cleared out, because apparently the Twin did not fully modify me to fit my personality and whatever, it just screwed with the personality and left everything else as it was."
not_my_card
"Ah. ...well what's wrong with just dealing with cached thoughts after you use them and notice they're there?"
once-removed
"That I have to notice they're there first and my first response is not what I would want to respond with. So I'm usually quiet."
not_my_card
"Right, I mean, isn't it much easier to just let your first first response of a given kind be something you would not want to respond with, and then fix it for subsequent times if you don't like it, than hunting them in your head?"
once-removed
"I've been hunting them as I form responses in my head, too, just trying not to say the first response aloud unless I'm sure I agree with it?"
once-removed
"I don't think it's too different between being spoken to and just listening to conversations, and in either of them I can mess with my cached thoughts but if I'm in a conversation I also need to think of a response quickly. So it might be easier to do more observation than interaction for more complicated things." Shrug. "Introspection is probably good, like this."
always-changing
(Theo has grabbed a drink and let his dad know they're back and also here's some lemonade or cola or squash, juice, whatever, for the other two.)
not_my_card
(He thanks Theo but doesn't want to drink anything.)
"So thaaaat was a 'no'?"
once-removed
"I think that was a no, correct, unless you can think of some way to help with those things."
not_my_card
"Could throw hypotheticals at you, run through memories with Theo and see how you'd react differently, try to help you extrapolate from those differences?"
once-removed
"It might help to have someone to bounce that off, yes, instead of trying to do it in my head."