Eventually, Theo stops for lunch. Getting his food out of his bag, he asks Sadde, "Having fun there?"

He slowly emerges, then grins. "Yes! Fly is adorable, and I like Windy. And I don't have food."

"I like Windy too. And maybe we should go buy some food in that case - I'm fine with that."

"Yes, let's! Having much fun being cute around Change?"

"Yeah, Change is great. It's so much easier to think of things to do with a vague concept."

"I suppose. If I could get more than one target at a time I might play some more."

"With enough magic, you can."

"Oh, that sounds like fun," he says, grinning.

Kero has to become a stuffed toy again when they get to a place to buy Sadde food.

Mmm food.

"So... Whaddya like to do with your time?" asks Theo, somewhat lamely. Oh no, dreaded smalltalk.

Sadde giggles. "School. Walking around the city. Going out with friends. Using magic as of yesterday. Using less powerful magic as of always."

"... Huh?"

"I kinda had magic before. Related to Change. That's probably why it found me."

"That would explain it."

"Hm, cool. I didn't. I had no idea magic even existed until... Three days ago?"

"Well, I didn't quite call it magic, I was just inexplicably good at changing my appearance in very unsubtle ways. Not as good as Change is, but."

"Oh, cool. Yeah, I'm pretty sure I had nothing like that. Magic seems kinda like it doesn't know whether it likes me or hates me yet."

"Could be because it's envious of your stellar personality, self-assuredness, security, and care with its feelings."

"Aw, thanks."

Om nom.

Sadde reaches for their soda. Sadde accidentally bumps their soda and it's falling off the table oh nooo

Theo –

reaches down and effortlessly catches it out of the air, handing it back to Sadde.

"Try not to do that again, yeah? What is it with people dropping things around me?"

"Good!"

Sigh. "... What now?"