Handling Your Powers, Tuesday

[not_a_whiner]

"Welcome back from the trip," Kaidan greeted the kids as they came into the class. He sounded - and looked - a little tired. Which he was. He just didn't want it to affect his class. "Since we focused on the physical last time, I figured I could bring you guys in gentle this week."

"We're going to be doing some extended meditation exercises," he continued, "then we're going to sit down and everyone can share as much of their story as they want to. I'm using the word 'story' for a reason here - you can cover the last ten years or the last five days. One of the most important reasons we're here doing this thing is to learn from each other's experiences, figure out we're not alone in this crap."

He stepped past the desk. "Now let's get these tables out of the way..."

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Re: Discuss

[nobloodymessiah.livejournal.com]

Eleanor offered Evan a faint smile. "I was ... adrift for most of it," she admitted. "I couldn't be in my body, so I reached out. I used others' eyes and ears as my own. Time passes ... strangely, like that."

After a moment, she thought to say, "Thank you. And I'm sorry that you experienced it, as well."

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[genesishero]

"It does pass strangely," Evan agreed, carefully. "They had a telepath there who kept me in the back of my own head for anything they didn't need me to be awake for."

The 'awake' parts had mostly involved physical torture. He didn't feel a need to share that with the class.

"I couldn't get out of the back of my head unless they let me, but I think maybe a lot of it was the same idea. Keep us passive, so that we could be put to use more easily if they had a call for it."

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[nobloodymessiah.livejournal.com]

"That's what the sedation was for," Eleanor nodded. "To keep me docile, unable to resist. She didn't know I could get out; she would never have allowed it. That's what let me plan my escape."

Re: Discuss

[genesishero]

Evan nodded a little. He'd lucked out somewhat - he'd been rescued. But with the Shadow King living inside his head, it wasn't as though he was able to even think about escape without being found out.

"For what it's worth now, after it all, I'm glad you had that much," he offered. "It means you're here, now, and... maybe things are going to be okay?"