[ She gives him a little smile. It's one of those sympathetic but not pitying expressions. One she's kinda mastered lately. She's really grateful for Adam being here right now. Not one to hide things in quite the way Adam does, it's hard to imagine how he must feel, having his emotions on display like that. But she can sort of envision it and she knows she wouldn't always be thrilled with the idea... so he probably hates it. ]

So is it hard to learn to control these things? Because I have some kind of amplification too and I think I'm getting used to how that works at home. But this...

[ She's not used to this at all. ] This is new.

[ Hesitating over that word makes it sound a little weird. Well, it's true. The tree thing is new, but not new to here. ]