LIKE I WAS | power discovery | SOMEONE ELSE

[align=center][div style="borderwidth=0px; width: 65%; line-height:120%; text-align: justify;font-family: verdana;"]The sound of Vigenere's voice pulled her out of the awkward tension that had been built around her, and her ears pricked up. Where had he come from? How did he automatically know what was going on when even Leroy had mistaken her for a stranger? The questions rattled around in her head, but she pushed them down for the time being. It was good that he intuitively knew these things, and it didn't matter how he knew. Maybe he'd be able to help her, if only a bit.

"No." she murmured, still leaning toward the fridge. She collected a bag filled with roasted meat, carrying it to one of the counters and pulling down plates before continuing. "I, quite literally, woke up like this. I... have no idea how to control this power, but I'm sure I can figure it out, in time, and it will be a great asset to me and to Tanglewood. I figure I will just have to practice, tone it like a muscle. It surely can't prove more difficult than learning to fly. Right..?"