sorry, you just looked really mysterious and all just now. you've got this, like, aura about you..

o-oh, it's like.. a jedi apprentice. it means i'm taking you under my wing all teacher-student style.

..hell yeah! it's actually pretty easy.. just gotta.. be uber chill about it. so chill that you're almost freezing. you know?

💭 ( ...way to be a dork about it, caulfield. )

heh. i'm a total ninja when it comes to snapping pics.

[ she looks proud of herself as she says that, clearly happy with the praise from this no-longer-stranger. ]

i'll teach you my ways, young padawan..

[ pulling the bag from her shoulder, she digs through it for— ah! there we go. a few polaroids of some bug life; ladybugs on a leaf, some beetles crawling up the side of a house, and a spider sitting in its web. ]

💭 ( i feel really nervous showing these off for some reason.. like im being graded. )

[ holding out her hand like she's about to rewind ]

[ she giggles. chloe is totally fucking with her, but she can't help but find it endlessly endearing. ]

what if i rewinded to make you say that over and over again? haha.

maybe if you ask me to teach you my ways.

no way, you're way too.. attention-grabbing.

you WOULDN'T see it. that's kinda the whole point..

i'm good at keeping myself safe now, i think. i'm a regular ninja.

fiiine, fine, i should've left the exploring until you got here. but can you blame me when there's so much to look at?

[ max pretends to shout in surprise, totally not fooling anybody when she laughs immediately after. ]

never! i just wanted to explore some before you got here.

💭 ( the hell is she being so ominous for. she does know i can see her sneaking up on me, right? )

💭 ( fuuuuuuuuck i'm actually losing it )

... hey.

💭 ( i wouldn't suppose her or her friend's got time powers too? we're like, hella similar already.. )

world's funny like that. if it's the person i think it is, then i wouldn't have even been able to tell that you guys only just reconnected, that's how close you seem. that's a compliment!

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— day has passed at all.

💭 ( she has a cute laugh. it's all warm and jolly.. she's a real.. dear. haha. )

gotta keep those kinds of friends close, i know that much. i.. fell out of touch with my own best friend for a couple years, but.. after we reconnected, even though we've both changed so much, it doesn't feel like a —