be discreet

[msmage]

It's not much later, in Isabella's room, that she asks:

"So... is Alex really a dom?"

Comments

[eclipsi]

"I don't know, I don't have a particularly extensive social circle and suspect I shouldn't extrapolate from my tastes."

[msmage]

"We might get catcalled, I suppose, though I have short hair and the collar might not be all that visible from a distance depending on what I'm wearing, but in any case I think that'd lift his spirits. Doing other things, I mean, not being catcalled, although now that I think of it that too, possibly."

[eclipsi]

Snort.

[msmage]

"In other news, Janet's brother's haircut is terrible."

[eclipsi]

"Is it. Did you see pictures?"

[msmage]

"Not really, but it was bad enough to inspire an impassioned speech by her."

[eclipsi]

"I'll brace myself if I ever meet her brother."

[msmage]

She giggles.

[eclipsi]

"How's work been?"

[msmage]

"Not the most intellectually fulfilling thing ever, but I can deal. I focus on magic a lot, there, so not completely useless either."

[eclipsi]

"Oh, good, things where you can multitask on magic are handy."

[msmage]

"It mostly consists in making sure the books are in their right places and helping people find books and using the system, and there's a lot of down time. Relatively to how much there could be, anyway."

[eclipsi]

Nod nod.

[msmage]

"How about you? What've you been up to?"

[eclipsi]

"Classes, homework, progress on the eidetic memory - that's going to make classes a lot easier once it's all finished, it's already helping a lot."

[msmage]

"How far along is it? Or, rather, what's your ETA?"

[eclipsi]

"I think I'll put it down as good enough and pick up precog in four, five months at my current rate."

[msmage]

She nods.

[eclipsi]

"And it'll probably get passively better from there by practice effects, since I'll be remembering things all the time."

[msmage]

"Yeah. Psionics is really cool, if it weren't for the gender and immortality things I'd probably have wanted that instead."

[eclipsi]

"I'm glad I'm a psion."

[msmage]

"I'm glad I'm a mage and you're a psion."

[eclipsi]

"It's very convenient."

[msmage]

"It's like we're made for each other," she giggles.

[eclipsi]

"My lovely illegal science experiment."