Yeah, I'll come to Toronto and predict with high confidence that Wendy is Fine With This TM

Wendy, don't try to text and drive please.

Ideally don't even read the conversation while driving!

I half speak to text but it's a moron sounds good

Some logistics later, they can all meet up - Haru's got a new house now and it's even mostly unpacked into.

Wendy's new partner has a beard and hews towards the lumberjack look. He holds himself a little stiffly.

"Good morning and well met."

Wendy does a twirl, on a whim. Bounces on her feet. She is often fidgeting and moving, but even more than usual today.

"You guys got any particular plans? 'Social visit' is kinda vague, aside from the guiding check."

"I have a new boardgame but, like, I don't want to push it."

Fistbump for the new guy?

Very well, a bit of a cringeface and then fistbump.

"Worse than Teddy but I think a little more compatible than I am with Wendy, at least on my end."

Nod, nod. "Worth having on the options list I suppose. Shall we try with you?" A nod to Teddy.

Sure, another fistbump.

"...Nothing."

Yep he flinches away. "Indeed. Well, we checked the check, on to happier things. You all can call me Nick."

Wendy reaches for and holds Nick's hand!

Extremely valid of her to do. "And I'm Haru. So you're planning to go into some civilian application?"

"I'm planning to not risk getting myself killed in some misadventure. I'm a lot more selfish than most people acknowledge themselves to be."

"I'm selfish! It's just one of the things I selfishly want is to be a cool superhero. - are you in fact backlashed right now, because I have an idea."

"We both are, but like, low level."

"By all means, sell me on the cool idea."

Haru holds out his hand again to Nick, palm up.

"And what am I supposed to do with that?"

"Give me your hand!"

"I shall politely decline to do so without an explanation."

"Fine, ruin my fun. I'm selectively imperceptible, you can touch me without having to experience any non-guiding sensations about it if I don't mind ticking up my backlash a little, which, if we're going to be hanging out playing boardgames and Teddy's right here, I don't."

"That does seem worth a try to discern if it works. There exist reasons other than backlash to not touch people, though."

He presents a hand.