"Evolution is cool, and positive mutations normally happen slowly enough you can't really watch?"

"That's a good answer! I'm really curious about the sorts of things you'll be doing."

"Probably mostly, you know, supercrops and gene therapy--although, considering that world hunger is mostly a distribution issue at this point, I was also thinking of altering wild plants that are already really virulent, like dandelions, to be more nutritious."

"I like your friends," she tells Edie.

"That's because I have excellent taste," she says, ruffling Sadde's hair.

"That's very flattering." She looks at Anna. "How about you?"

"Psion. Probably going into psionic tech, eventually, although right now I'm mostly just working on improving my memory."

"Again: extremely envious."

"Alas. You shall simply have to content yourself with shapeshifting and ending mortality."

"How shall I endure."

"Distractions?"

"Do you have suggestions?"

"None that I'll share in front of my sister."

"Thank you."

She laughs. "One would think you had inappropriate intentions."

"I imagine it depends on how you define inappropriate."

"Well, that's true of every assertion."

"Indeed, although some are more ambiguous than others."

"I suppose so."

"And it all...depends...on...context. My intentions could certainly be described as inappropriate in some circumstances."

"Hmm, I reckon I've made your sister uncomfortable enough for one day and perhaps ought to not push that."

"Yeah, probably."

"And I should actually get food, too."

"That sounds very wise indeed."

So she gets up and goes to do that.