"Cool. I don't think I need an advance directive because as long as I'm convinced you exist at all, which will happen as soon as you touch me, I can behave in a loosely rational fashion; but if it somehow comes up, go to town."

“I do really appreciate that one of us has a backlash that leaves them capable of making decisions!”

"It'd be so awkward otherwise, we'd need third party handlers."

“I’d trust my brother to do it but you don’t know him yet at all.”

"Perhaps at some point we can be introduced."

“That should totally happen! Not until his school has a break, though, unless you want to travel.”

"I try not to teleport places too much, so I don't casually make long trips, and my dad lives in B.C., not Saskatchewan. Hardly urgent."

“Yeah. Although I would also like to meet your dad sometime.”

"Sure. I usually go in the fall, now that I'm not beholden to the academic calendar, the leaves are killer."

“Ooh. I am still moderately beholden to the academic calendar but I’m sure I can take some time off.”

"Presumably you get holidays. Do they give you Thanksgiving, it's next week."

“Oh. Right. Yeah.”

"Bit fast, I assume you also get Christmas."

“I do. Mom and Wilbur will be disappointed if I don’t come home for the winter holiday, though.”

"Valid. We can share calendars and figure stuff out." Smooch.

Smooch! “There’s a little part of my brain that thinks it’s funny that says it’s a pity I don’t have anyone from my hometown I want to dramatically upstage, because showing up as an esper would do it.”

"At, what, like, a high school reunion? I guess it would be attention-getting but it's purest luck..."

“Being an esper isn’t a personal accomplishment but it does make you hot and rich! If you are the kind of person who wants to make, yeah, your old high school acquaintances jealous.”

"I was still in high school when I awakened so it'd be a bit lost on my old classmates."

“Yeah, the whole concept is very silly and I don’t endorse it.”

Haru nods. He stretches, kisses her again, and then starts re-clothing himself. "Are you staying for dinner?"

“I’d love to, but if you’d rather I fucked off for introvert reasons, I totally understand.”

"You weren't particularly draining to be around when backlashed, I'm topped up."

“Oh good! I’m less draining to be around than most people to my brother but we’re twins so it practically doesn’t count.”

"I've gotten used to doing a some of my introverting around June, who - is there, but is emphatically not paying attention. Whenever I'm less backlashed than her I can send Cricket home to nap and work on a blog post while she finishes up. And you were very much there but not paying attention, just in a cuddlier fashion."