"I'll take that as a no, then."

So he grabs the Key, turns it into the lovely pink staff, pulls the cards out of his bag, sits on the floor, and starts to meditate.

It's been taking progressively less time for him to get into the right mindset! ...maybe not noticeably so, but still.

Soon he sees his cards, Windy, Jump, Sword, Shadow, and Glow, floating around himself.

Yay for efficiency.

Is there anything interesting about them? What does Glow look like?

Like a fairy!

Of course it does.

The meditation continues.

The cards' meanings and emotions start becoming clearer as he does, some more complex than others. The Sword's chains hold it, taut, and although ascribing it enough personality to call it malicious would be ill-advised, it does seem to be pretty one-track. Glow is almost as simple as Sword, all she really wants is to make pretty fairy lights. There's not much new or of import about any of them; perhaps Windy respects him a little bit more, perhaps Shadow is less reluctant to follow him.

And at the edge of his awareness, in the distance, a soft fiery light.

Yeah, Glow and Sword seem pretty one-track; that's hardly surprising, though it is somewhat worrying.

A fiery light? Can he find out more?

Yes! It's Sadde. Very faint, he doesn't have enough resolution to make it out from this distance, but it's definitely Sadde.

Oh, that's good.

He just keeps meditating, waiting to see if any more details arise.

Nope.

Oh well. He'll just do this for a while. It's kinda relaxing.

Eventually, though, he gets bored, and stops meditating. He yawns and looks surprised. "How long's it been?"

"An hour."

"Really? That's kinda surprising."

"I knew I made the right choice when I made you cardcaptor!"

"What do you mean? I'm not sure that meditating for a while really shows how great a cardcaptor I am..."

"It shows you have affinity with your cards!"

"Ohhkay." Time to ignore Kero again, it would seem.

He yawns again, and checks his watch. It's not even particularly late, but apparently capturing Glow tired him out...?

Oh well. It's time for Theo to sleep, it would also seem.

And the following day, after school:

ding dong.

Ooh, who could that possibly be.

Theo goes to the door, opens it, and greets Sadde with a kiss. "Hey! How was your day?"

"Kinda boring! How was yours?"

"Also kinda boring! Buuut I have a fun thing planned. Pick a flavour! Chocolate, coffee, mocha, cheesecake, Victoria sponge... I am totally drawing a blank on any more types of cake..."

"What's Victoria sponge?"

"... Are you serious? What are you, foreign? Regular sponge-cake with jam between two layers and also usually cream."

She shrugs. "I'm not super into sweets. That sounds tasty, though."

"Like... seriously. Okay, well, I guess we're doing a Victoria sponge!"

Into the kitchen they go. His dad is still at work. Theo sets the oven to 180 (Celsius). "Right, well, since it's your first time doing it, I guess I'll just have to make it seem more exciting than it already is. ... I'm not really sure how."

He pulls out some butter, caster sugar, and a mixing bowl. The other ingredients will be retrieved eventually.