Heroic

Myriad Reality

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I don't know. Feelings aren't that good of a reason to do anything, in my experience. We get carried away in them and lose sight of logic.

@Efficacy

Then don't. I hear people argue that a lot, but what people don't realize is that it is easy to manage the two. Let yourself think, because that's how we live, and use your logic to let yourself feel, because that's how we live.

Myriad Reality

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Letting go like that is... hard. *The screen shows a frowny face* Uh, I don't think it likes how hard I'm clutching it.

@Efficacy

It cant be forced. Its not so much a matter of how hard you try, it's... hard to explain. It's how you respond to what you feel.

Myriad Reality

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*It flickers to life, but quickly dies* Aron, you don't have to let it control you. You just have to stop acting—stop talking—and listen. Then, once you know what it's really trying to say, then you can talk to it.

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Good! Excuse it if it gets snarky, and possibly personal. Have any advice for Aron here?

@Realmatic

Not anything beyond what you've said. It's really not a matter of control in either direction. It's a mutual understanding.

Myriad Reality

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*A 3d hologram of a forearm springs up in front of you in your favourite colour, giving you a friendly wave and fading into a screen with instructions on how to set up the device*

@Realmatic

*Smiles and starts following the instructions*

Myriad Reality

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It's Realmatic. But it's of the Green Magic, not the Yellow, Aron. It won't react to the careful manipulation you're so used to it. Do you feel its little tug? Don't tug it; let it tug you.

@Realmatic

Alright.
*Takes a deep breath and feels my connection to it, but doesn't do anything with it other than let it guide me*

Myriad Reality

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Do you both feel anything out of the ordinary? Not the normal physical properties.

@Realmatic

Something is definitely in this...

Myriad Reality

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*Takes it and clasps it around my wrist; it has a Realmatic component that I can sense vaguely; I fiddle with it, trying to turn it on*

@Efficacy

*Doesn't put mine on just yet, but instead tries to turn it on before putting it on, otherwise fidgeting with it similarly*

Myriad Reality

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And if I never even taught you to manipulate reality would you still be able to use what you have now?

@Realmatic

Not immediately, no.

Myriad Reality

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Good! Out of curiosity, is there anything either of you see that's particularly relevant to the powers you already have?

@Realmatic

It's hard to distinguish, because my powers and this overlap so much. It almost feels like a huge extension to what I could do before. I could do things like sense the strength of life and time in an entity, but this adds so much more.

Myriad Reality

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Good. Both of you—what did you see first? Or what strikes you right now?

@Realmatic

The connections. The reliance on each other to survive. Between me, and Aron. Between all of the people here. Even the flora.