"Well. I guess we could try to test it," Steven says, relieved that she's apparently not worried about it. "You know, like try and think about things while in different rooms and see what we can feel about it." Though he's a little reluctant to bring it up, too, because Marc has had the same thought, only in a much more... personal kind of situation with Layla. Which Steven does not like to think about.

Ambivalence about tethers and romance aside, he has to say, "I think it might get stronger if we actually try to use it. That's what the books suggest. Like exercise or practice."