The Return To Innocence

Hmm. Still heavily outlining the second novel.
Clara no longer has a healing factor; she has quantum phasing - aka phase shift, intangibility ghosting, limited Kitty Pryde power. Amber has a more specific type of telepathy, which connects more with quantum consciousness than actual thoughts - aka soul communication, extreme telempathy, spirit communication, highly limited Rachel Grey power; and Amber's telekinesis is far more developed, including limited healing touch and limited emotional healing on others, which can weaken her without shielding or channeling, but still limited Rachel Grey power.
Clara's hypermobility and joint pain symptoms eases during her phase shifts. Amber's cerebral palsy with its comorbid syndromes eases during any major psychokinetic procedure, but once they're finished, the pain hits them twice as hard, leaving them weakened for at least several hours.
I like that enough to work with it. *nod* But I need advice, opinions, and consultations to make sure I'm Doing It Right. For example, since Clara has mild Asperger's, I have to wonder how her perceptions are affected by her powers.

Also! Thoughts on surnames. Since Clara has full Indian heritage on her father's side, her surname will be probably Atma (and her mother has Siberian and Swedish heritage). Since Amber has full Greek heritage on her father's side, her surname will probably be Spiro ( and her mother has Norwegian and Hungarian heritage). "Soul" and "Spirit" as meanings seem to work for me. I'm not sure if I want them hyphenated or separate.

At the start of the story, they've been legally married for just under one year and are in their late twenties, share a birthday one year apart, and have family members with disabilities and superpowers Amber is on SSDI but is works part-time at Clara's office, which is (for now) Transdimensional Exploration Association Research. Clara and Amber are among the very few paranormals who can open and enter the interdimensional portals without harm. I'm going to be focusing on one or two alternative worlds, perhaps a Fae dimension and an astral plane.

Many thoughts. Many Worlds Theory, indeed.

Earlier while waiting for lunch at California Tortilla, I overheard the most adorable conversation. Two women and a little girl were at a table eating. The girl was probably around five years old.
She asked, suddenly, "Mommy and Mama, when we go back to Canada, you're gonna get married, right?"
The taller woman said, "Yes, that's right."
The little girl said, frowning, "But what if you're not happy and you get a divorce?"
The shorter woman smiled and said, "Oh, honey, I don't think that will happen."
The little girl frowned more. "But lots of straight people are getting divorced. Won't that happen to gay people too?"
The tall woman said, "Well, it might. Sometimes couples just can't make it work. But don't you worry, because Mama and I love each other very very very much, and we love you very very very much, and if we ever have problems, I promise we will work them out, especially because we want what's best for you. Okay?"
The little girl said, brightly, "Okay!" and went back to eating.

I had to stop myself from running over to their table and hugging them all.