I think I mean that I should expect what happens to be more based on what makes for a good story than what I would expect from a world which runs on physics and doesn't really care about stories or people except where people try to make it care.

Is that what you mean? Can you say more about what other things you thought I might mean?

Once you accept the Spirit's power, you aren't really the sort of person who has to care about physics anymore. I mean, you are a little bit, because most worlds have physics and you're still interacting with those worlds. But powers granted by the Spirit work on a level outside of the laws of any specific world or collection of worlds, and they'll keep working even if their working means that those laws have to bend or break or just be sidestepped.

Sometimes people are worried about only existing inside of a story and not really being real, and that's not what accepting the Spirit's power is like. You're still the sort of thing that keeps existing when no one is looking. And sometimes people think that they can stop worrying about anything and just do whatever they happen to feel like in the moment and it'll all work out, and that's only complicatedly true, because while the Spirit's power can make a lot of things into good or at least reasonable ideas that are very bad ideas without it, powers granted by the Spirit care mostly about the things that the person they were granted to cares about, and people can learn to care about more things than they used to, and someone who thinks everything will work out if they just do whatever they want can end up regretting that later when they start caring about more things.

"Huh, why would people worry they aren't real?"

"I think it's like, if you're living your life as if you're a character in a story some people would worry you are a character in a story and so you aren't really in control of your actions or maybe only what the person making that story pays attention to is real?"

"I guess?" She pinches herself. "Feels pretty real to me. I guess I can't really prove anything else is but living like it's not seems like a fast path to being an asshole."

"Or just spending a lot of time overthinking things."

"Yeah, that's fair."

Okay, thanks for explaining that. Sorry for the delay I was just talking about your response with my brother. I appreciate the clarification that my actions will still have consequences... I think I understood that but it's a good reminder.

I'm glad I can be helpful!

Do you have any other questions?

I'm sure I'll have lots, I'm trying to take things a little bit at a time though. My next question is how these checkboxes work. Should I only check something if I'm absolutely sure I want it? 

Oh, no! I'm sorry, I forgot to mention. If you check something and don't want to keep it, you can either erase the checkmark if it's erasable, or scribble it out and I'll erase it for you. Your choices aren't final until you tell me clearly that you're done deciding and want to take what you've chosen.

Okay, thank you that helps a lot.

She reads a little more.

Is there  If I go somewhere else is there a way for my brother to come with me?

Tom hugs her, "I'll be okay. I'll miss you but I'll be okay if that turns out to be what's best."

There isn't a way to take him with you to your destination, but if it's important to you to be able to see him again, you'll be able to find a way back.

Alright, that's good to know.

She takes a breath and turns back to reading. She flips through to see how long the list is and pauses to look at the headers for the different sections.

In the Power of Friendship what does it mean for things to not be mind control? Does it make people do things or think things they wouldn't want to think or be surprised by in a bad way? Also what does romance mean here? I don't think I usually understand what people mean by that and it seems like it could be important.

What the description means when it says that those powers aren't mind control and aren't stopped by things that stop mind control is that they don't use any specific mechanism to change people's minds, and ways of preventing people's minds being changed by specific mechanisms won't make a difference them. The powers can still affect people's minds, and they will if necessary to fulfill their functions, though if the person with the powers is uncomfortable with changing people's minds then the powers will prefer other mechanisms where possible, and there's an option later on to turn off the mind-affecting aspects of all powers (which makes them work less well, but some people think it's worthwhile anyway).

As for romance, options referring to love or true love can apply to close intimate friendships as well as romantic relationships; does that help sort anything out?

It does thank you. Does intimate here just mean sexual or can it also mean emotionally intimate, like sharing secrets and hopes and fears type intimacy?

She can just have sex with people to make them count as intimate if she needs to but not everyone is comfortable with that.

I meant intimate in the emotional and social sense. The sexual sense isn't relevant to whether someone counts as a true love.

That's good to hear.

She flips forward until she reaches drawbacks and confirms that's the last section.

Is there a good way to ask questions or write notes about specific powers without them getting lost?

Would you like me to insert blank pages between every page of the list? That usually helps with that!

I think I would like it a better if there was space between the powers instead but if that's harder blank pages work for me.

I can do that too, but some people say it's distracting when the rest of the list keeps scooting down to make room for more notes in between. I can still try it if you want, though!

She hums to herself for a moment. It's important to take these things seriously.

If we do the page by page thing can you rearrange it later when I want to go back over things?

Yes, definitely!

Alright, let's do the page by page way then. Thanks for being patient with me and giving me such helpful advice.

I'm glad I can help!