Ah--museum's open.

Oh cool let's go there!!!

Okay! Want to fly, or explore this world's public transportation?

...I'm torn.

Anything I can do to tiebreak?

No, I think I want to take public transportation, the idea sounds fascinating and I've flown most of my life anyway.

Okay. Let's get to the bus stop then.

Do let's! She kisses Edie one more time.

Smooch! And then, well, they can fly as far as the bus stop, can't they.

They can! It is so handy to be allowed to do magic in public.

Yep.

Something wrong?

Just being annoyed by your world's stupid prejudice.

Well, the not-using-magic-in-public thing is about the sacredness of magic, not the prejudice against metamancers, I couldn't do it even if I were a normal elementalist.

Still incredibly dumb.

Terribly.

We shall explain this to them demonstratively. By being not-dumb and having it work out fantastically.

You are amazing.

It's very flattering that you think so!

Thinking true things is one of my many qualities.

You're sweet.

In all seriousness, I generally prefer to judge myself by my standards, not other people's, and by my standards I'm not doing anything particularly special. I mean. Most people just--don't pay attention? To how they could obviously make things better? And if I'm only amazing by "not bothering" standards, then--well. That's flattering but not, like, actually amazing.

I... suppose I understand, although that's not quite how I'd see it. I don't really—blame people for being who and what they are? It's not productive to tell people they're not being their best selves, as opposed to congratulating those who are.

I'm not going to go around holding other people to my standards, what purpose would that serve?

None at all, but while the goal should be a moving target I think it's reasonable to praise people who do start and take steps down that road if only to create positive incentives, and also because I don't want to only be allowed to feel good about myself after I've ended death.

Well, I did say I was flattered.