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"Aww. She just woke up. Look at her, this is unbelievable!"
"I refuse to be surprised by obvious things."
"You're no fun! Come to mama, Meggy!"
[Audience participation thread!] I've done the thread where the Gods try to sway random characters/readers. Now let's do the opposite.
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like_one_of_us
Probably not. I... killed my parents' kid, then. They will never experience me growing up under their care. I will never properly bond to them.
Wow.
like_one_of_us
Can I do that?
I should experiment with how much I can do! So far, I know I can arbitrarily change myself and create small objects.
and_i_notice_it's_turning
Middle of a desert! Nighttime. Freezing cold. Absolutely nobody around.
like_one_of_us
I have never seen anything remotely like this! The closest comparison point in experience is "sandbox", and though I know this place is called a "desert", I have no idea how anything works here.
This is like a whole different world.
like_one_of_us
Home. There we go.
Okay. That was... Extremely foolish and unforethought. What if I ran into someone massively more powerful? Before, uh, learning the limits of my power-
like_one_of_us
I could pretend nothing happened. They'd dismiss this eventually.
I could make a clone of myself as I was before this, with no powers.
I could explain everything I understand happened here, and vainly hope for a sensible reaction.
I... could brainwash them. Ugh.
I could undo everything, as I considered before.
I could stop time for them, keep them in stasis for a time until I figure something better.
like_one_of_us
Wait, could I do all these things?
I haven't tried shit. I barely know what I can do. Unless I want to keep randomly changing my mind in a way I don't understand, I have to try more things to figure out the limits of my powers, though I wish-
like_one_of_us
I wish for a piece of paper with an answer to a question "Could I do all those six things with my parents that I just thought about?"
It says "Yes."