Sadde eyes the bear, too. "True form?"

"Yes! I'm bigger and more powerful and can control fire and earth."

"Oh? How do you get to true form? ...Please don't demonstrate if it's very dramatic, we don't want unnecessary attention."

"Now that you're cardcaptor, I'm tied to your power. You need to capture at least Firey and Earthy before I can use my true form again."

"...Firey? Is there a card seriously named Firey?"

"Firey, Earthy, Watery, Windy. The four classical elements are represented, yes. There's also cards such as Flowery and Glow, Jump, Fly, Through, Fight. Here, I've got them all listed." He flips pages in the notebook and holds it out.

Sadde gives Terry a look.

Laura knows that look. "Should I leave you two to it, then? I'm afraid I'm a muggle and will probably not have much to contribute."

Pff, Muggle. He completely misses the look. "If you say so? I'd think it could be interesting, but fair enough."

"I'm sure Sadde will give me the highlights later." She waves. "Are you gonna eat at home?"

"Maybe, but don't wait for me, love you, bye!" He finally accepts the notebook Terry offered.

(Best mom.)

Terry starts summarizing all his experiments with Windy and Change and Float thus far. He predicts that he could probably fly without the Fly by combining Windy and Float, but this seems risky and attention-getting so he hasn't tried it. He so wants Fly though.

...okay, is Terry still missing the look, because the look is still on Sadde's face.

He's either misinterpreting or ignoring it since he seems to think Sadde is eagerly listening in the name of science and learning!

Well. Yes, there's that, too, they're not very different looks.

"Hey, can I see if I can do a thing with Change?" he eventually asks.

"Er. Maybe. Cerberus, can he even use the cards? Safely?"

"Yes. Anyone with magic can use the cards, but they might not be as powerful or versatile as they are with the card's true owner."

"It won't get loose again or anything like that?"

"Not while you're paying attention to it. It might try to sneak away when you're not looking, if you don't write your name on it before that."

"Sure you can try Change, then. But what's this about names, Cerb?"

Sadde grins and takes the card. "I think Kero sounds better."

"If you write your name on the card, it will recognise you as its master. And it's Cerberus."

"Kero," he insists, smirking, then: "Change!"

Sadde starts glowing and—

—becomes a girl.

"Yes! Success!"

"Is there any reason not to-"

"Thaaaaat is. A thing. That I probably won't try myself. I guess if it can do minds it's not very far-fetched. Neat."