"Well, I don't wanna drive you nuts, but from what we're talking about, it sounds like Trench will already drive you nuts, so maybe it's like a compound thing? As opposed to two reasons to drive you nuts at once?"
"Good. It's good that I can practice this on my own without needing a , y'know, a target. And I'm going to practice a lot. I don't want to accidentally put the wrong line in the wrong place and screw the whole thing up. But, focus, I can do that. I need to focus to use my powers, especially the whole telekinesis thing. And I figure that using the others will need even more focus. I can't just panic and throw someone into them, not like the last time," Lexi said firmly.
And Lexi would do the same, if only so that she could save her girlfriend from herself, if...probably when the time came.
Lexi laughed and ducked her head for a moment. "Well, I'm glad I made a good first impression, despite my kinda panic when I realized that dying here was a thing. It's still scary. I mean, most teenagers don't have to worry about their impending deaths on a regular basis." Because every month it seemed like someone died and came back to life. Sometimes many someones. She'd been lucky enough to avoid it so far, but it seemed like an inevitability.
And that was the heart of the matter. She was so used to being that third wheel, to have her friends be her sister's friends first or Rue's friend first that she'd gotten trapped in her own head, filled with self-doubt and a general feeling of unworthiness. Things she was still fighting against here, even though people did seem to actually like her which was a weird sensation.
That was something Lexi admired about Luz, her willingness to learn from her mistakes. Most people couldn't do that. They'd just double down on their behavior and expect things to turn out differently the second time. Or third. Or fourth.
"Yup," Lexi agreed, "I'm a big believer in hands-on or I guess brain-on learning. You can't learn something unless you practice it. Like with the glyphs."
And Lexi looked completely unrepentant.
"And you can teach rats to do tricks! Adorable rat tricks. Which is why I made sure all of my makeup and hair products and stuff were cruelty free back home." Lexi said with conviction. Rats, in her opinion, were cute.
"I know! I was in AP Calc back home and even with that, the math here is weird. Especially since I know the ship captains have wised up to the fact that I really, really want any books or comics or manga they bring in, so they've upped the price. Jerks. Now I need twice the amount of trade goods I used to be able to use." And Lexi made a face. It was so annoying! Now she had to haggle for prices rather than simply turn over some pretty shells and sea glass.
Cute nerds together.
"That could work. But what do squids eat? Please tell me it's not bugs of some kind. Or normal seafood I might like to eat as me. If squiddy me wants them, it'll ruin everything!" Okay, maybe she was being a little overly dramatic, but she loved the seafood she could eat. Damned rules against shellfish.
"Okay, I think I got one of those words. Oro means gold, right?" Turned out that the Discovery channel was worth something after all instead of weird dating drama only.
Absolutely! And all of Tinya's keywords are taken from Tori songs!
"Good. It's good that I can practice this on my own without needing a , y'know, a target. And I'm going to practice a lot. I don't want to accidentally put the wrong line in the wrong place and screw the whole thing up. But, focus, I can do that. I need to focus to use my powers, especially the whole telekinesis thing. And I figure that using the others will need even more focus. I can't just panic and throw someone into them, not like the last time," Lexi said firmly.
And Lexi would do the same, if only so that she could save her girlfriend from herself, if...probably when the time came.
Lexi laughed and ducked her head for a moment. "Well, I'm glad I made a good first impression, despite my kinda panic when I realized that dying here was a thing. It's still scary. I mean, most teenagers don't have to worry about their impending deaths on a regular basis." Because every month it seemed like someone died and came back to life. Sometimes many someones. She'd been lucky enough to avoid it so far, but it seemed like an inevitability.
And that was the heart of the matter. She was so used to being that third wheel, to have her friends be her sister's friends first or Rue's friend first that she'd gotten trapped in her own head, filled with self-doubt and a general feeling of unworthiness. Things she was still fighting against here, even though people did seem to actually like her which was a weird sensation.
That was something Lexi admired about Luz, her willingness to learn from her mistakes. Most people couldn't do that. They'd just double down on their behavior and expect things to turn out differently the second time. Or third. Or fourth.
"Yup," Lexi agreed, "I'm a big believer in hands-on or I guess brain-on learning. You can't learn something unless you practice it. Like with the glyphs."
And Lexi looked completely unrepentant.
"And you can teach rats to do tricks! Adorable rat tricks. Which is why I made sure all of my makeup and hair products and stuff were cruelty free back home." Lexi said with conviction. Rats, in her opinion, were cute.
"I know! I was in AP Calc back home and even with that, the math here is weird. Especially since I know the ship captains have wised up to the fact that I really, really want any books or comics or manga they bring in, so they've upped the price. Jerks. Now I need twice the amount of trade goods I used to be able to use." And Lexi made a face. It was so annoying! Now she had to haggle for prices rather than simply turn over some pretty shells and sea glass.
Cute nerds together.
"That could work. But what do squids eat? Please tell me it's not bugs of some kind. Or normal seafood I might like to eat as me. If squiddy me wants them, it'll ruin everything!" Okay, maybe she was being a little overly dramatic, but she loved the seafood she could eat. Damned rules against shellfish.
"Okay, I think I got one of those words. Oro means gold, right?" Turned out that the Discovery channel was worth something after all instead of weird dating drama only.