“Honestly, sometimes Andie acts like -” Cedric let his gaze sweep across Andie’s mindscape. “- the protagonist -” He couldn’t help but notice how much Andie’s hobbies showed up in here. Sure, it was normal to have your interests show up in your mindscape, but they were usually kept within their own little corner. “- of -” Something shouldn’t be this prevalent in a mindscape unless it dominated equally in the mind. Something that colored and filtered every corner of the place, would color and filter every corner of the heart. It would be a part of how you defined yourself. “- some…” Come to think of it, inside Cedric’s own mindscape, Andie had been represented by purveyors of fiction. It also seemed to mostly be about comics, cartoons, and movies, too. Not that much in the way of sports, even though that took up as much - if not more - of her spare time. “Oh.”

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Dyllan perked up hopefully. “Did you figure something out?”

Cedric muttered under his breath, distracted by his own thoughts. “…of all the stupid…” He turned to look at Dyllan. “Sorry, what was that?” A slight pause caught him, as he replayed the past few seconds inside his head and answered his own question. “Oh. Yes. Yes I did.” He clicked his tongue and massaged his forehead. “I was so wrapped up in finding a good reason that Andie would be worried about being arrogant, that I forgot to account for any bad reasons she might be worried about it.”

“Didn’t we just have a discussion about how something trivial to one person might be completely overwhelming to another?”

“I know! I’m not trying to be dismissive or anything, and this is clearly a big issue for her…” Cedric took a deep breath. “…but goddamn! For someone so smart, Andie can be really stupid sometimes.”