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[exercisms]

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[showyourself]

[hmm.]

I forgot my mother's lullaby.

[exercisms]

[Oh. That sounds very bad? He's not very good at emotional reactions to things.]

. . . I'm sorry.

[showyourself]

You don't need to be. We're all in the same boat.

What did you forget?

[exercisms]

[Ahh. Well. If she's going to ask, then. . .]

A girl was possessed by an evil spirit. I sent my consciousness inside her to get it out, but I wound up getting trapped there for a while. I remember most of it, but I don't remember how I got out.

. . . I'm not sure I mind forgetting that, though.

[showyourself]

[elsa nods. it probably makes more sense if you understand the scope of his powers.]

That's fair enough.

Is that the sort of thing you can normally do? It sounds incredible.

[exercisms]

I'd never done it before then. But I realized that if spirits can do that, maybe I could do it, also.

[So no, not normally. But it is something he simply did the first time he ever considered doing it.]

[showyourself]

[





huh.]

So, you just saw the spirits do it, and... tried to do it too? And then you could?

That's... amazing. [is it? possible?? for her???]

[exercisms]

It is?

[He seems skeptical.]

Spirits use their abilities the same way we do, I think. Once I saw a spirit who was controlling plants to make a giant vine monster. It was sending its energy into the cells of the plant. I thought, maybe I could do that, too, so I did, and now I know how to control plants, too.

So I thought maybe this was the same.

[showyourself]

It is. [firmly. he's a savant. a spirit savant.]

Can you tell me other times you've done things like that? Like the plants, or the spirit who was in someone else.

[exercisms]

[He is, but he isn't really aware of it.]

Like that? You mean copying a spirit? I don't know about that, but - usually when I meet another ESPer with different abilities, I can do those as well if I try.

[showyourself]

[good lord]

...Anyone you meet with powers, you're able to mimic them? Immediately?

[exercisms]

I haven't tried with everyone I've met. . .

[But everyone he's tried, yes.]

[showyourself]

But, anyone you've tried with? You've been able to?

[talk about a bridge between this world and the next. she's just genuinely incredibly curious.]

I know you said your powers are... that they don't mean anything, but what you're talking about is... well, wonderful.

...I wonder if you could do it with me.

[exercisms]

With ice?

[He stops and thinks for a second.]

Mm. I think so.

[showyourself]

...I'd very much like to see that. We could do it together.

[how nice. to have powers and family support. what a special boy.]

It's a shame I can't show you where I'm from. I think you'd like it there.

[exercisms]

We don't have powers here, though. Isn't that okay, too? There's some things that are easier with them, but it's better not to rely on them.

[He can't say he misses them.]

Where are you from?

[showyourself]

It's perfectly okay. But... hmm. I guess you could say that recently, I realized they're an important part of me, too. I could certainly live on without them—but having them makes me who I am.

[she gifts shigeo a smile, soft and understanding. she's been there.]

I'm from a place called Arendelle. It's a country far to the North.

[exercisms]

[Oh. Hmm. Having them makes her who she is? He's just going to file that thought to think about a little.]

I haven't heard of that. I'm from Japan.

[showyourself]

Japan, huh? There's a couple of people here from there.

Do you like it? It seems like a number of people there have special powers, huh?

[exercisms]

I like it, but not because of that. Many of those I've met with powers are a little. . .

[showyourself]

A little...?

[finish your sentences, japan.]

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[He's just awkward and doesn't want to say bad things about people, but reluctantly - ]

Many of them have tried to kidnap me or my family so that we'll join their organization to take over the world.

[So. Awkward.]

But also, it seems that every time I meet a new ESPer, they always want to fight me to prove they're stronger. And I don't like fighting.

[showyourself]

[!?!?!?!]

Kidnap you? Fight you!?

What kind of...? Why? Do they think you'll be more open to the idea of world domination if you...!?

[she's at a loss to how stupid that is. you catch more flies with honey than vinegar!!!]

[exercisms]

[Yeah, so they kind of suck, huh!]

I'm not interested in something like that at all. It's very irritating.

[showyourself]

Yeah, that... [she's just. shaking her head.] ...That would get very old, very fast.

Have you had any luck telling them you don't want to be a part of it?