It's been a few days since Laura got out the hospital, and nothing important or interesting has happened. Except for Theo and Sadde having just captured a new card, Glow, though that's debatably quite boring. Theo turns to Sadde, as though she might have the answers. "Okay, seriously, a card that glows? First it's wind, then it's a huge bird, then you have a blue lizard, there's a bloody Easter bunny, then a shadow, then a sword, and now a card that glows?"
"Yep," says Theo, sounding super enthusiastic about it. "Meditation is super fun."
(That was sarcastic, if it wasn't clear.)
"I mean, I can try doing it now? You guys can just talk or whatever while I try to not-sleep."
"Theo can meditate and figure magical things out when he does. I actually can too but it's boring."
Theo rolls his eyes. "It's boring so we let Theo do it. Gee, thanks."
But despite the complaining, he does actually shut his eyes, with the staff there in front of him, and try to meditate.
Theo's dad nods but opts not to say anything – he doesn't want to disturb the meditation, and he doesn't know what sort of conditions it typically requires.
Huh.
Okay, well, he comes out of meditation and reports this. Then frowns. "I don't remember seeing this… before?"
He shrugs. "It'd be nice if we knew some way to find out more about this, but we also don't know where the other magicians are, who presumably exist, somewhere." He rolls his eyes, again. "Oh, and I have some weird speed-running thing, which is kinda on the fritz because of course it is, the magic can't just be nice."