Grin. "Thanks. You're pretty great."

"I know!"

He laughs and takes her hand again.

And they continue walking around the faire, looking at pretty things.

They see a variety of things – faires are good for that – then leave the faire behind them.

Theo leans in for a kiss, saying "Bye then."

She kisses him back. "Bye. Thank you for the keychain!"

"I'm glad you like it!"

And then they go their separate ways.

That they do!

When Theo gets back to his house, he waves to his dad and goes upstairs to his room. Putting his bag down, he asks Cerberus, "Anything important I'm forgetting, before I go meditate?"

"Like what?" the stuffed bear asks, floating out of his bag.

"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..."