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/But it’s not going to be the same, is it?

I’m not going to be an X-Men, I wasn’t born with any sort of genetic ability, and I’m not going to face the same situations you did. I don’t have to live with them in a world where it’s socially unacceptable or feared. I’m adopting power, for my own selfish reasons.

Because that is what this is. Selfish. I’m not going to pretend it isn’t./

/None of that is my point. I'm saying that when you can do something like that, shit gets real because you will do something with it. You think something bad pops up and you won't be there fighting it? I doubt you're just going to be using it to fly around and that's it, the end, no heroics. Just the fact you're doing all this as soon as you got them tells me enough.

Just, you know. Consider everything you can. Like I said, it's not like I'm not going to be there with you or whatever crap. I got you. Just, you know. Ugh, I guess that maybe I'm worried./

(Or, well, in Sophie translation: "I care about you, with great powers come great responsibility, you have a chance to not have that responsibility, just consider that GREAT POWERS COME GREAT RESPONSIBILITIES.")

Edited (GODDAMNIT) 2025-07-22 21:09 (UTC)

[She’s not wrong. He would. It’s what he’s always wanted. If he could help people in real time, with real powers, maybe that would quiet the constant need to feel good enough.]

/The only thing I can consider is that if I don’t have these abilities, and I have the option to get them again, I’ll never be able to stop thinking about them. I don’t let go of things easily./

[What an understatement.]

(Oof. Honey, please.)

/That's not how this works, you're going about it in the wrong way.

But since I can't change your mind anyway./

/Name of my autobiography./

/I'm not above saying I told you so.

Any developments I need to know?/

/I can't make other things float? Just myself. So far./

/By definition, you should be able to. Strange.

/What do you mean? I should be able to?/

/She gave you 'gravity manipulation', not 'flight'./

/But what if it's just my own gravity I manipulate?/

/I'd ask to talk to the manager. Misleading title. Have you tried with small things? Jean used to have the telekinetic kids play Jenga to practice. Try that./

/It's definitely not telekinesis./

/It is not. Does a similar thing though, makes things float./

/Through completely different means. So different tests aren't going to work. I'm not thinking about floating more than I think about moving my legs to walk./

Edited 2025-07-29 21:18 (UTC)