[ it helps a lot having people that are already kind of used to it! soma wants to learn everything he possibly can from them. ]

Just thinking about it makes it happen?

[ and for convenience's sake, we'll say he gets this text at about the same moment; he'll glance away from the video at it curiously. ]

... Huh. Astoria wants me to think really hard about water now. Do you think she's watching us?

[ but he's more curious than anything, so the feed will follow him as he walks over to a nearby sink. ]