Mikey pondered the thought of sage mode. Maybe that's why he could never perfect it the way Jeff had. Even with everything he'd researched, even with his complete mastery of energy control, he just didn't get it. "You've known me for long enough to see it, haven't you? The way I act, and the way I think, it's... It's different now. I feel like, this whole strategy thing, this teaching thing, this was never me. The amount of growth I've made as a person in the span of only three months... That's not normal. It's not normal at all." Mikey looked down at his right hand. "When I first met Jenso, back then... I feel like I was [i]just like him.[/i] Naive, haphazard, perhaps a little more coordinated, but privy to the same mistakes- There! There!! Just there!" Mikey grunted angrily, "[i]Privy?[/i] I would have never said something like that a few months ago! I would have never been able to do anything like this. So, what changed?" Mikey pulled his hand to his chest and tapped a few times. "This isn't me. I'm not losing confidence, and I know I'm doing a good job, but all of this? None of this is who I was. It's almost like I feel... Like... I'm from another world entirely. Like I'm fake."