"So, I'll learn it eventually, but after things I can use more often or to learn other things more efficiently."

"Makes sense. I wish there was something like that for magery."

"Poor mages."

"...I wonder if that's something a psion could also do. Help a mage bootstrap."

"Maybe. I mean, I could give someone else an eidetic memory after more work beyond getting my own."

"I feel like there's all sorts of ways magic could be used in combination like that to get cool effects and the fact that not enough people immortalize themselves and each other stands in the way of that."

"Yeah. You need so much time to get anywhere and there are so few eclipsed that we've got to be missing out on amazing synergy."

"Se-ren-di-pi-ty."

Kiss!

"I'm eating."

Kiss! Giggle. "We're gonna make you and everyone else immortal and raise the standards of living and create a utopia, witnessing occasional kisses is an acceptable price, I'm pretty sure."

"Bah, fine, but I want a statue."

"I'm sure that can be arranged."

"Eventually I'll have enough magery to create one in a minute, I'm sure."

"And it has to be tasteful."

"You'll be consulted every step of the way."

Giggle.

"Where shall we put the glorious effigy of Alex?"

"Oh, our birthplace of Forks, Washington should do it."

"Alright. I've never heard of that place, is it nice?"

"Tiny little town in the middle of nowhere, but if you like Pacific Northwest scenery it's got it."

"Oh. I can take it or leave it."

"And it rains constantly."

"...I think I've been rained on enough for one and a half lifetimes."

"Aw, pet." Hug.