Theo stops to grab a biscuit and a can of lemonade, has a quick break to eat, then gets back to exercising.

Felix levitates a coke can for Tamira to poke with a claw and lap its contents. Vera is eating Jammie Dodgers that Fenris is handfeeding to her, while he and his twin, ponder on possible experiments.

After several minutes. "Okay, we have five to seven tests. Do you want to start now?"

"Sure! This is easier than it was, I think, but I'm not sure what caused me to lose control last time. What ideas do you have?"

He puts the weights down, and notices his arm again, frowning. Maybe he should focus on healing that at some point?

"See if you can improve mind related stuff, like Fenris' Telepathy, while remembering that brains are physical objects. See if you can improve others. If you can improve others, see if you can improve natural magical traits. See if you can improve your ability to improve, creating something a feedback loop. See if you can get a power without knowing what the power does. See if you can copy a power with only a partial explanation of what it does. And if you can if a full explanation helps."

"My telepathy is communication oriented, no mind control and no taking or implanting things. I can create networks with nearby people. My range to connect with someone depends on my familiarity with that person. No known limits with our parents and immediate family. Felix, Vera and Tamira can initiate conversations with me."

"Okay, uh. I'll try just initiating telepathy first, then? That's probably the easiest first step?"

"It could be? I don't think their ability to initiate conversation is a trait they have, but a trait of my own magic. It sounds like a valid test either way."

"Okay, then. I'll try that – let me know if it looks like anything's happening?"

He focuses on sending a message to Fenris. And, because he's boring, it goes: Testing, testing. 1, 2, 3. Over and over again.

Fenris squints for several minutes, just to be certain. "Sorry, nothing. Want to see if you can improve my ability to run?"

"Okay. Should you be running while you do it, or will it be enough to tell anyway?"

He starts focusing on improving Fenris's speed, anyway.

"It should be enough, but I will run." Fenris gets up, plays with Vera's hair and then starts doing laps around the lawn.

Every so often he squints at Theo, occassionally he squints at himself.

"Didn't work." He says a little out of breath.

"I tell him to exercise more, but does he listen? Noooo. He doesn't." Felix comments, mostly to Tamira. "Okay, feedback loop time?"

"Okay, sure, yeah."

He focuses on his ability to improve things. It's really difficult to focus on a thing that he's never seen and that he didn't properly know about until recently. Maybe just thinking 'I want to improve my improvement' over and over will work?

"Not working."

"Well, that was too much of a cheat." Felix sighs. "The next is testing if you can copy something without knowing what it is. We decided the best if you tried one of my heir gifts. I have seven, Tamira was one, the other six include, control over metal, healing and prophetic visions, there are three you haven't seen yet and one of those is about movement. Try to focus on my unespecified movement magic?"

"Um, okay..."

He focuses on moving like Felix.

"Stop!" Fenris orders after a moment. "What were you trying to do?"

"... Trying to get the movement thing? That's what I was meant to do, right?"

"Yes, but I saw two things happening, one unfamiliar and one that looked like... a negative-color of your speed improvement."

"Um. I'm not sure why it would be two different things?"

"I'm not sure, were you trying to do two things? One of which results in you losing speed?"

"Were you trying to get my speed? As in my human and lesser than yours speed?"

"I don't think I was? I was just aiming to get movement magic like Felix."

"...Are you sure? Okay. Maybe try the test again and focus on not-getting slower?"

"Okay then."

He focuses on getting movement like Felix, but not slowing down. Is this any better?