[It's Ben's turn to consider, though he already sees where he'll end up; he knew where he'd end up before he even began this conversation, for once. The same place it always ends with Manticore: no one can do anything.
He considers pointing out that in a manner of speaking, all "powers" are bodily functions that occur involuntarily until they are controlled; that she would be gaining several traits that transgenics have that baseline humans don't; that he'd been driven to ask because at least for the time being, there is very little he'd like more than someone who would be able to help him understand - help him learn how to control, not do it for him - this aspect of who and what he is.
Instead, his jaw tightening, his voice clipped, he says simply:] I understand.
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Date: 2014-04-04 02:53 am (UTC)From:He considers pointing out that in a manner of speaking, all "powers" are bodily functions that occur involuntarily until they are controlled; that she would be gaining several traits that transgenics have that baseline humans don't; that he'd been driven to ask because at least for the time being, there is very little he'd like more than someone who would be able to help him understand - help him learn how to control, not do it for him - this aspect of who and what he is.
Instead, his jaw tightening, his voice clipped, he says simply:] I understand.