after obstacle course: Q&A

Thomas responds to Kikki, “Not saying you weren’t just ribbing, just saying I knew I left myself wide open for a good one there. And I’m used to a bit of hassling.”

He grins a bit, pauses, then sings, not especially loudly, not trying to project, but in a perfect imitation of Taylor Swift’s voice, the chorus to Shake It Off: “'Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play. And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate…”

Back in his own voice, he continues, “That’s another party trick that I can’t actually use at a party. Really, that’s most of what I do. Party tricks that I can’t do in public. Elizabeth here’s blasting things with lightning and teleporting around. You’re smashing it almost to bits, jumping across the room, and not even noticing the cannon thing. Mica’s making a wall from nothing.”

“Me, on the other hand, I gave us all a, if I do say so myself, quite entertaining and witty light show, but not much more than that. Too hard to make something that big believable. Still, I can make a distraction, so that’s something. But hitting and being hit isn’t exactly my strong suit, and if that’s what we’re doing here, I guess we’ll see how it goes. Maybe I can figure out a trick or two.”