Number Three didn't pay as much mind to his first words, as he decided to jump to talk of timelines. He liked to play at pretending he understood time, understood what his powers might be related to, but they all knew, it was more shadow than show. A toy that couldn't be touched. One their father said couldn't be controlled

Like Four's fear of himself, and Six's transparent reticence.

Testing and practice were out, so it all air and empty words for Five.

She crinkled her nose up at the question, though, and it made her shift her weight from foot to foot, shoulders tipping, as she half rolled her eyes (at the sheer stupidity of 'normal' people even wherever this was). "Stupid things. Like whether we preferred the underwear on the inside or outside of our costumes look."