[If he'd made any of his observations out loud, she could have clarified. Pointed out that a person doesn't control how fast their hair or nails grow, or how much insulin their body produces. Or that she's taken more than just powers from people who were dying, body parts non-functioning, failing, shutting down, and it never transferred over. It might just be a fail safe of her own genetics, keeping out things that would interfere with her own systems.
Some functions are out of anyone's hands without medical assistance. But he doesn't, so she can't.
It might not have made a difference to him anyway. That clenching of his jaw, the tone. It wasn't the answer he'd wanted to hear, that's very clear. And she's sorry she had to give that particular one. But she wouldn't lie to him or give him false hopes. He'd hate that even more.]
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Date: 2014-04-05 02:42 am (UTC)From:Some functions are out of anyone's hands without medical assistance. But he doesn't, so she can't.
It might not have made a difference to him anyway. That clenching of his jaw, the tone. It wasn't the answer he'd wanted to hear, that's very clear. And she's sorry she had to give that particular one. But she wouldn't lie to him or give him false hopes. He'd hate that even more.]
Ah'm sorry.