I hang up after receiving the news of Alice's new magic type. I gaze over the now cleaned up lot of Faulken's Institute, a flat landscape that shows no sign of any past events, erased completely.

I head back to my penthouse where the rest of my family is. Thomas left already and abandoned me to deal with the cleanup crew. He avoided the responsibility by saying Nora and Aria needed something, but that's a complete lie.

I walk inside to see Nora and Thomas playing each other on some kart racing game. It's kind of funny to see their bodies sway.

"I got a call from Alice." I tell Thomas, he replies while keeping his eyes on the screen. "Lessons are still on tomorrow, or did she get radiation poisoning again?" I give a sigh. "Close. She figured out environmental meditation which somehow ended up with her unlocking Radiation Magic and getting Radiation Resistance to medium." This gets him to freeze up which leaves Nora to win. He ignores her victory dance and turns to me. "That's not good. Well, it's good and bad. We need to figure out a way to raise her resistance safely ‘cause that magic is powerful. And dangerous." He starts brooding. Nora has already exhausted herself, but she seems to be listening in. "Doesn't the sun do some kind of, uh, radish? She can just lay in the sun to become i-immune." She adorably tilts her head.

Thomas ruffles her hair and I sit down next to Nora with Thomas on the other side of her. Thomas speaks up saying, "Well, yes, but if she gets her Radiation Resistance acts as partial resistance to all types of radiation. Multiple types means multiple resistances which makes immunity harder. There's only one common type of sleep which means that a maximum resistance can evolve directly to immunity. But a maximum resistance to radiation is needed to gain a minimum radiation resistance of a specific type. So, the sun releases multiple types, but the one we need can't get to us, so she would end up with like Ultraviolet resistance. To get immunity would require maximum resistance to all." He keeps ranting, but I can tell by Nora's drool that he lost her long ago.

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"Sweetie," I gently guide her head towards me, "It's like the ability to eat all pies, and then training to eat specific types of pie." My analogy gets through to her as she lights up. You see, this is why I work as a teacher in the school year. Oh. I should probably mention that to Alice sometime. Oh well. I'll just add it to the list of things I need to explain that she is obviously just brushing off.

Aria comes up behind us in her android body. "I'll put Nora to bed. You both have things you need to discuss." She takes Nora by the hand and leads her to the bathroom. "Okay. But, one thing. Aria, why are you wearing a maid uniform?" Thomas stares at the wall as he asks this. "Mmm, I think it suits me." She twirls a little. "I think it looks nice." I comment on the dress, and I do have to agree. It definitely suits her. "It's just seems strange that I agree so as well." Thomas keeps staring into space.

They both leave.

"Well, what now? Radiation seems to be getting everywhere we seem to go." I fill a mug with hot chocolate using portals. He gives a long sigh. "I'll continue with my lesson plans tomorrow on spells and the types. Uh, you should probably still do the patrol job for a while, stay out of the dungeon as we still need to clear the radioactive material." He shifts in his seat a little. "I…have an idea on where we can get large amounts of gamma radiation, but we'll need to portable med bay." I reply, "I think we'll need that no matter what. Even if she doesn't have basic healing magic yet, I don't think it can clear radiation until level ten, I think?"

"Yeah," he agrees, "Plus Aria and I are still working on our million other projects." I bundle myself in a blanket near the couch. "You both work yourselves too much." He gives a small chuckle. "Well, you piss off your boss too much." I chuckle as well.

We enjoy each other's company deep into the night. Though nothing sexual occurs.