4th shopping trip [Voice] Backdated to August 13th

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[Though she typically prefers video communication, Bulla deliberately selects voice. It's difficult to tell whether she sounds a little off because she's tired, depressed, or sick, but she's definitely not her usual upbeat and sociable self.]

Hi, everyone. I could use some suggestions for a distraction or three. Preferably something where you don't have to move around much.

[Truthfully, she's tired, depressed, and not feeling well, though it's due to an injury rather than illness. Her mother has vanished from Luceti, and she's recovering from the worst injury she's ever had in her life courtesy of a cultist.]

...and if you're suggesting reading, please suggest a specific book, because I've already read everything I have here in the house.

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[Oops? She doesn't envy Wanda's struggles for control.]

Well, technically everyone has at least a little ki. Unless they're an android or something. It's life force energy. It takes a lot of physical training for most people to have enough to fly or do anything else with. Having a lot of it is partially genetic for Saiyans, but it still takes training to learn how to use it, and it grows with training.

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So... If you have more ki, does that mean you'll... live longer? If it's life force? And do you use it up when you fly? [Wanda is intrigued at the idea that one could train death away, if how she's thinking of ki is right.] ... How do you know how much ki you have?

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It's possible that you could live longer, but not forever. My dad's in his late fifties, but he doesn't look a day over forty. I do use some when I fly, but ki's something that gets replenished with food and rest.

[It's that last inquiry that gets her thinking.]

There were these little devices called scouters that would give a reading on what someone's power level was at. They're not really in use anymore, though, since they weren't produced on Earth and they break if someone's power is over a certain level. Trained fighters can sense approximately how powerful someone is. That's...surprisingly hard, though. Learning to fly was way easier.

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[Nodding, understanding and learning.] My father looks younger than his age, as well. ... But that's because of a scientific procedure he undertook.

... I suppose if I had any ki worth noticing, I would have noticed by now. ... I'm glad to hear flying's easier than something though.

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I'm sure you can do it with practice. If you've been able to do it in your sleep, you definitely have enough to fly. You just need to learn how to tap into it while you're awake.

[In fact, Bulla's confident she'll be able to help with that, even if it would probably be better for her to learn from Gohan, Goten or Trunks if they were here. More knowledgable and yet patient enough to teach.]

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How... Do I tap into it? Is it... a mental thing? Or-- a hand gesture? How do you do it? Er, not that we have to talk about that now, you're still injured!

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You have to be able to feel your body's energy inside of you. It takes a bit to learn how to sense it, but once you can do that, the steps to learn how to fly aren't as hard.

[She's not going to encourage Wanda to try flying until she's certain that her arm's healed up enough to catch her friend if need be.]

It's...a little like meditating, actually.