"Pay attention," Sparkle supplied, nodding. "Just... more than I used to."

It wasn't quite so simplistic as that, maybe, but it was the easiest way he had to put it into words. He looked around the room quietly, and tried to put a finger on just what that aesthetic difference was. Things were darker, maybe? Angles and curves went in different places than he'd expect them to be?

He tried to listen in on a nearby conversation, and didn't tune it out again even after he realized he had no idea what language was being spoken.

"Yeah, I can do this."