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It's more like I can't sleep, no matter how hard I try. When I do manage to get some? It's not very restful.

I wouldn't say that I'm feeling Anxious, but it doesn't feel like any magic from home is going to work the same in this world. And...

And I think I might have gained new powers? It's weird, but sometimes I can hear the words that people aren't saying out loud.

Yeah, that's my problem. No sleep. I don't know, it's like there's this...weird crippling sense of dread I just can't shake.

I definitely gained new powers. Which is to say I gained powers at all. I make fire now.

Magic fire.

Y A Y.

So you can read their thoughts?

Magic, huh?

Welcome to my side of the magic or science question.

It's less READING someone's thoughts and more like HEARING them, as if they were being said aloud. It's also stronger with people I already know, but I don't know how everything will work as we spend more time in this world.

We're all changing. So, I guess we're all going to have to help each other with this.

Thanks for the welcome, Oscar. I hate it.

Oh. That's...creepy and weird. Is it based on proximity? Like can you only hear the other people in your house? Or...well, you know me so could you read my thoughts where I am right now?

[Varian's just going to think very hard about an alembic, because his brain is still all kinds of fuzzy from his anxiety not-sleep but he's still a fuckin' nerd.]

I guess so. I knew we were headed for a new life here, but I didn't think that meant 'actual magical powers now, have fun with that'.

I don't know how it works yet, it's not something I've actually tried to do. It just happens.

Someone from home actually does this with his Semblance. I was going to ask him for help.

[When Oscar concentrated, all he got from the presence he knew to be Varian was a static buzzing and blurred images. He didn't know what to focus on. ]

All we can do is try to stay calm and work together right now.

I guess we should have expected something as insane as this to happen to us. Glad you have someone from home who knows what he's doing with this sort of thing. I've gone to Mako for help with my fire thing. I figured he was the most qualified person to ask for help.

That's true. It's worked well for us so far, no need to stop now.

I think we're all gonna be working with teachers we didn't think of before. I was already starting to work with Fox on Aura Sensing-- he's blind, but you'd never know it from being with him. I don't know how he did it, but he was the first person to know the exact details of my situation without me needing to explain it.

He's that cool.

Mako's really cool, too. He gave me some advice in the spring that I'm going to follow through on. I honestly didn't think that anyone would be interested in learning how to grow backyard zucchinis until he mentioned it.

If he wants to, other people probably do, too.

Oh wow, that's cool. I didn't even know that was a thing. Is it his semblance? Or is it something that's come from his blindness? I...guess like getting better hearing or smell, but in Remnant that extends to auras?

I think that's a life skill a lot of people in town will need to pick up on. Most of them weren't in the same position as me and you and growing up around farm work. It's probably an alien concept for a lot of them, but that doesn't mean they can't be taught.

The only thing that's his actual Semblance is his telepathy. The rest of it anyone from Remnant can learn if they had the patience, skill, and the right teachers. It's not easy, though. And, because he's blind, he had to practice hard at it out of necessity.

It's part of why he's so strong in a fight. His Aura is never down.

Anyone can be taught if they want to be. That's why I'm going to be the best teacher I can and share what I know.

Trench may end up overrun with zucchinis, but it's better than not having any food at all.

From what I understand about Aura's that's pretty impressive. That's probably going to come in useful - just in case this place turns out as dangerous as Deerington was.

Well, I wouldn't say they don't have any food at all- just not a lot of crops. There's been people surviving here for a long time, by the looks of things. Though it sure looks more mushroom-y and seafood than anything else.

I'm not worried about right now. Mushrooms and fish are fine, but we DID suddenly drop in and they probably didn't have time to prepare.

I'm worried more about situations like the last few months in the Dream, where all food supplies ran out. We survived ...

But we're not in a Dream anymore. We need to be careful.

That's the weird thing though, they did. [Now he has to chance to talk about it with someone, he wants to pick on the strangeness of it all.] Those people in the robes? The Wakers? They were ready for us, looking for us, carrying bags with our stuff inside. Like... it's like they knew we were coming, but how? I mean, it's not like there were Sleepers here before then, from what I can tell? Discounting us when we were actually in the Dream- but they knew anyway. Did a Pthumerian tell them?

[It's concerning, it really is.]

I mean, we needed to eat in the Dream too, buddy. But yeah, I get it.

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I don't doubt anything, really.

I just don't want to be rude.

[It was just part of being a good guest; don't be a pest, and don't be a burden on your hosts.]

Guess we'll need to add that to the list of mysteries we need to solve. And, we've got a lot of them.

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