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"Yeah. And when I learn the relevant fact, it's accompanied by a bunch of other information I am encouraged to process! Like starting a show halfway through but with a really good last time on Dragonball Z... segment."

She sighs, a bit. "I was going to say this is going to take some getting used to but that's, uh, not how this works."

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"It is at all. With some people sometimes. Roll call for Elmo Dragon got a more dramatic reaction earlier in the school year. A little bit if I wasn't imagining it."

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"Huh, okay! Good to know." She thinks for a bit, eyes flashing. "I think - it's also the kind of thing where I feel like I could see a lot of improvement with a better process? Like, I need to reorganize these notes the next time I'm, like, awake-awake, but that's just, like, the lowest hanging fruit? Like... if I can ping myself with the notes file every time I see you, presumably I can do something more fine-grained... which would be very useful but it's a lot of detail work, hmm. Unless..." 

She shakes her head. "It's an interesting problem! For later."

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"If you say so? I'm not sure how much better than this it gets but this is already really cool."

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"This is just day one! It only gets better." (And as she grins, her eyes don't flash blue, but... if he looks closely, he'll see that they're glowing softly.)

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"- you have, uh, eyeglow?"

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"Oh! ...huh."

<...why are my eyes glowing?>

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<Because you are feeling unusually hopeful.>

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Oh, huh. "Apparently that can happen when I'm Extra Hopeful! Maybe I should get a pair of sunglasses... ooh, or cosmetic contacts?"

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"You do seem like the sort of person who might have cosmetic contacts! Though you do already have blue eyes."

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"Fake blue eyes to cover up my real blue eyes!" She laughs.

"...Sunglasses are probably a safer bet, though."

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"For indoors though?"

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"Ah, yeah. I could say they're for migraines? But people might just think I'm just constantly hungover..."

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This is too much thinking, her brain helpfully informs her. "...I will leave myself a note to figure out eye light leaking later," she says, slumping a bit. 

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...nod. "Sucks that you can't take a nap, you look like you need a nap more than anyone has ever needed a nap."

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She yawns again. "It's not thaaaaaat bad. 'm just being dramaaaaaaatic about it." Tired lil smile.

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"Shall I film you and put it on Tiktok? Enter you into the - who does short drama films - the Oscars."

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"Number one sleepy blue girl! I'll be faaaamous..." 

(She's maybe drooping a bit.)

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"I suppose putting coffee on top of your meds is a bad plan somehow."

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"It's not like I never do it? But it's unpleasant, my heart beats way too fast and I'm still tired, just. Tired faster with more energy. Clearly what I need is video game coffee, to make me..." 

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"...magically... more awake..." 

(...there's no way it works like that. Right?)

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"Haven't had your powers long enough to try that, huh?"

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<Can I heal tiredness?>

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<Yes, though extended periods without REM sleep often produces unusual and potentially dangerous mental states.>

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"I - it should work? I'm going to try it." 

She closes her eyes in concentration, thinking about how cool it will be to have free extra hours to use her hope-fueled powers...

Blue light covers her entire body. 

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