@br4dical : starter call.
SHIT. this is the guy. the power-copying guy, the one that mani explicitly warned themselves against getting to know, or being in the vicinity of, and what they SHOULD do is walk right past him like they hadn't seen him at all. but mani is not, contrary to popular belief⸺ all brusque demeanor and rolling eyes⸺ A DICK.
they don't know the intricacies of how his ability works, but they can hedge a few guesses and just try to avoid them all together. physical touch? straight out the fucking window, not that they indulged in that sort of thing anyways. showing off their abilities? EASY. they really only throw it around when they're actively working on a project, anyways. the last criteria they need to meet is acting relatively normal. they can manage that, probably. there're two steaming sdn-branded mugs in each of their hands and mani extends one towards him. it was initially meant for royd, but they intend to slip away from this conversation as painlessly as possible. the dude is build like a fucking skyscraper and blocking the door they're trying to get through.
" you look like you need it. " their tonality comes out FLAT, like there isn't a bead of perspiration actively forming at their temple.
