"What happens if I try to go out of bounds? Does everyone know this is going on so they don't bother calling the cops?"

"You'll feel strain on your bond and it will eventually rip your soul out, I think."

"Uh, non-magic people can't notice magic and will come up with other reasons for anything they notice. Sometimes those other reasons cause them to try getting involved but this doesn't usually go well for them since they can't notice all the ways things aren't normal. Also uh. People dying from that and from mages not caring is very common."

"...and they can totally notice me shooting people with guns, and probably also esper powers unless the problem with them noticing magic is in them and not in the magic."

"Yeah, I think so?"

"How far from the Spring is too far?"

"I don't know exactly - the last place I was in was a pretty big city and it was all within range of the Spring and you could walk at least an hour into the country side, I think?"

"Okay, so I maybe want camping supplies and to get away from bystanders. ...I should tell you that I'm pretty sure I can't sleep, backlashed, without anybody, uh, with me? When I was awakening it was my parents. June can't handle much human contact when she's backlashed so I just don't try to sleep at all till I'm zeroed, I do my dungeons in the morning whenever I can for this reason. I could maybe do it at this level because it's way lower than awakening levels but I think it would make it really hard to relax by myself enough."

"I am happy to hang out with you while you fall asleep, or whatever it is you want."

"I am not sure I will be able to sleep if I am not physically holding someone."

"Fine by me."

"Okay. Thanks. Sorry."

"It is really completely fine."

"If people are going to start trying to kill me twelve hours after the ritual and it's early morning here I should take a nap before then, and then go shopping and get out of town."

"I think this seems like a reasonable plan."

May's already taken most of her gear off. She gets out her shoes and peels back the bedspread.

Lianelle is sort of excited about having a good reason to cuddle during a tournament, though she is doing her very best to not make this weird for her summoner. She can lose her scale mail and the sword can be leaned against the side of the bed and her body can flopped onto the mattress.

Snug-

-gle. "What the -" And then she's wrapped very urgently around Lianelle and slightly struggling to breathe. "What the fuck -"

Lianelle feels some sort of slight buzz from the contact - it's hard to place.

"-what? Are you okay?" 

She scans around the room for attackers, listening closely for anything she can't see... but nothing's apparent... 

"You feel like a compatible esper but it's - you feel more compatible than June and I can feel her from a meter away and I didn't notice anything till I touched you!"

"Oh, it could be the bond being helpful?"

"I guess so! Mmmmmmmmm..." Snugglesnugglesnuggle.

Lianelle can be so snuggly with her summoner! 

"I should probably not assume I'm invincible just because you can debacklash me if I need to throw off a bunch of attempts to stab me but I'm so much more optimistic now!!"

"That's really helpful!"