She stares at the page in confusion. She had never considered this to be nonobvious and she's having trouble putting it to words.

Because I… like doing things. And experiencing things that are real. Also sleeping is more vulnerable than being awake but that seems like something that the metanarrative protection should make not be an issue. I guess if there's a power that lets me do real things in my dreams that would be okay.

X: 2/70
⛤: 14/70
!: 27/70
~: 31/70

Well, there's a power that gives you a persistent mindscape, which makes it easier to keep your mind in order. Mindscapes also make many kinds of magic easier, not all of which involve directly interfacing with minds. And there's an offshoot power that lets you keep in contact with people you care about who are arbitrarily far away in your dreams. I could look into a power that lets you affect the outside world in your dreams, but… it definitely seems to me that you'd prefer to not need sleep in the first place.

I would prefer that, thank you.

She rests her cheek on her hand thoughtfully.

What happens if I take a no-sleeping power and Just A Little Longer at the same time? Or if I took that dreaming power with the no-sleeping power?

X: 2/70
⛤: 14/70
!: 27/70
~: 31/70

I'll get to work on it!

I can't say for sure until I've finalized the no-sleeping power, but I would be surprised if it made you unable to sleep if a circumstance ever arose where you wanted to. I think that how those powers would interact would depend a lot on what the person taking them wanted—someone might find it appropriate to sleep only when they had exerted themselves to the point that they needed Just A Little Longer and then experience the exhaustion normally, while someone else might find that they only needed to rest and avoid doing anything particularly physically, mentally, or magically strenuous during that time. I do think that, unless someone takes a power that explicitly nullifies the part of Just A Little Longer where they need to rest after using it, they would be drained in some way that was thematically appropriate to the power afterwards.

She decides that Just A Little Longer can get a ~ until the notebook comes up with something that fixes the sleeping problem.

Soundtrack seems skippable at first but Soundboard seems like it has a lot of really convenient uses, both because of the enhanced senses and also because she has no idea what it's like to try to talk and listen to a bunch of people at the same time. Inner World sounds like it's the mindscape power the notebook mentioned… the notetaking power does seem handy, but…

Are there any powers that improve memory?

X: 2/70
⛤: 16/70
!: 29/70
~: 34/70

Yes! There's a power that gives you a perfect memory and there are a couple of related powers that protect your thoughts, including your memories, from tampering.

There's stuff that can mess with thoughts and memories????????

She skims forward and finds that the notebook conveniently guides her right to the relevant part of the Yourself: Protection subsection. The thought of people directly reading her thoughts and feelings is less INTENSELY HORRIBLY SCARY than people messing with them but she definitely, absolutely wants Iron Will.

Thanks.

X: 8/70
⛤: 22/70
!: 35/70
~: 40/70

I'm glad that I was able to offer those powers to you!

She flips back to where she was. Inner Housekeeping seems kind of spooky, mostly because she just had the scare of contemplating life without the Iron Will family. Allusionist seems like it could be handy if not for all the weird stipulations about how it might not ever be actually handy.

And now she's halfway through the Yourself section!

What are "languages"?

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⛤: 22/70
!: 35/70
~: 40/70

A language is a specific way of communicating! In the sense of a collection of words and grammar rules, anyway.

There's more than one of those?

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⛤: 22/70
!: 35/70
~: 40/70

There are lots! Does this world only have one? That sometimes happens, but I think most worlds have lots and lots.

I'm not sure. I used to assume that there was only one, but… I think that maybe some of the people I've tried talking to in the past must have spoken a different language and I didn't realize. Would Omniglot let me talk to anybody I meet?

X: 8/70
⛤: 22/70
!: 35/70
~: 40/70

There are some people who can't use language for a variety of reasons, so it wouldn't let you talk to them on its own, but you would be able to communicate with anyone who uses language.

Yeah, she knows very well that there are some people who can't use language.

World's Greatest Detective and World's Psychicest Detective are like if Allusionist wasn't weirdly useless! That's probably why they're seven times as expensive.

Does Anything You Can Do work if I don't know anyone who has a particular skill?

X: 11/70
⛤: 28/70
!: 45/70
~: 50/70

Anything You Can Do is mainly a power for learning skills by being taught or, more broadly, watching someone else perform them. Sometimes you can get some of its benefits before you realize someone is a love interest, rival, or potential friend, especially if you take powers like Fated Lovers or Fated Friends, but the effects are always stronger the stronger your relationship is. And it doesn't apply to situations where you're trying to learn something without a specific other person's involvement.