Theo just stares at him, disapprovingly.

"Oh, come on! Is this a masculinity thing? It's a masculinity thing, isn't it? If I act stereotypically flamboyant around you will that help you deal with the pink? Gurl those shoes and that shirt? Mm-mm."

"This isn't just a masculinity thing, it's me not wanting to wear pink! You acting flamboyant isn't going to affect it either way!"

"Fine! Whatever. Can I get my card back or are you wanting to talk to it?"

"I was thinking of just meditating with it nearby, but I think I can still do that if you're holding on to it? Kero?"

"Not if he's using it."

"Oh, okay. If you want it, sure, you can have it, but if you just wanted to hold onto it for the sake of holding onto it, can I use it for a bit first?"

Sigh. "Nah, you can have it a while longer."

"Thanks," he says, and then goes and sits on the ground, activating his staff and placing the change card near him. He starts to focus on his magic.

And there's Change!

Still focusing on his magic, he waits to see if more details arise.

Change likes him! It also likes Sadde. It likes them both in different ways, and it sees neither of them as its master. It likes that Theo changes things so much, and it likes that Sadde changes so much.

It wants to change more stuff.

That seems pretty... simplistic, and obvious.

He comes out of the trance and hands the card back to Sadde, saying "I hope I get another chance to use it sometime."

Glow!

"Oh yeah, we're totally hanging out."

"Cool. Can I have Fly back?"

"Sure." She hands it and Windy back.

"Thanks."

He summons Windy, asks her to oversee the process, and then looks at Fly's card. Theo's name is now written on it, so that should prevent Fly from attacking him (not that it did it last time, but still), but it doesn't guarantee perfect co-operation. He focuses specifically on getting wings, attaching to his back, not his staff, and summons Fly.

How about nope.

(The wings appear on the staff.)

He dismisses Fly and tries again, this time specifically saying, "Fly, this time, help me to fly by putting wings literally on my back."

Nah.

He tries a few more times, using varying word choices, to see if that's the problem.

Newp.

Giggle.

"You won't be able to do it while you need a magical artefact."

"Oh."

So he dismisses Fly, puts his staff on the floor beside him, and tries it again, this time tapping Fly's card with his hand instead of the staff.