She wanted to, anyway. Things like mind reading, dream walking, precognition were all powerful skills on their own. Add them all together and it was a cocktail for worry as Rose had never known anyone who could summon even one of those skills, much less all at once. She wanted to do good.

So am I. You're my best friend here. You should know that.

In just a short amount of time with Luz, she'd found more in common and more to care about than she had with years in finishing school. Maybe because Luz had no patience with the sort of snooty, full of itself attitudes she'd found herself bound to for so long. Whatever the cause, Rose wasn't going to question it too strongly, she cared about the other young woman too much.

And she needed to be able to deal with it on her own soon. Every day, she feared her powers controlling her rather than her controlling her powers. Sensei-Lawrence helped, he really did, he grounded her in the here and now rather than in the distant past. And he believed in her, despite her past as a fragile, fainting-couch lady.

Perhaps there was something about the name "Rose." To be beautiful, yes, but also to be filled with thorns for those who underestimated them.

Tea and scones. Yes, please! and Rose found herself coming back into herself.