[ it's good to know there are always people everywhere that are willing to do things that aren't strictly legal for the right reasons. ]
Glad to have you on board.
[ he turns his attention back to the argument when she points it out and gives it a moment or two of actual thought before he's made a decision. it's an easy one because he's done worse for less. his power hasn't felt quite right since he's had it back — which is unsurprising, all things considered — but this is nothing.
he has to focus a little to separate them from the white noise of everything else's biological functions, but once he does, they might as well be glowing. john can't do mind control, but the body is easy. he knows what other people's anger feels like, all the subtle changes a body goes through when it perceives a threat. it's so simple to mess with it a little — an extra burst of adrenaline here or the movement of a hand towards a weapon there, the physiological equivalent of lighting a match. God works in mysterious ways or something like that. ]
Give it a second.
[ he's confident they'll have the distraction they'll need momentarily when the argument escalates. ]
no subject
Glad to have you on board.
[ he turns his attention back to the argument when she points it out and gives it a moment or two of actual thought before he's made a decision. it's an easy one because he's done worse for less. his power hasn't felt quite right since he's had it back — which is unsurprising, all things considered — but this is nothing.
he has to focus a little to separate them from the white noise of everything else's biological functions, but once he does, they might as well be glowing. john can't do mind control, but the body is easy. he knows what other people's anger feels like, all the subtle changes a body goes through when it perceives a threat. it's so simple to mess with it a little — an extra burst of adrenaline here or the movement of a hand towards a weapon there, the physiological equivalent of lighting a match. God works in mysterious ways or something like that. ]
Give it a second.
[ he's confident they'll have the distraction they'll need momentarily when the argument escalates. ]