Vanya watches, motionless, following with her eyes and willing her face to stay neutral. It doesn't totally work. There are different kinds of magic here, she reminds herself. There are rules that the world as Vanya knew it don't apply here. She doesn't know how it was at the Commission, but no one has ever said they sensed someone else's power. In fact, Diego had been around Lila for months and never noticed she had powers. He is the only other powered person she knows that can manipulate energy. Also, he is not very observant.
For reasons she doesn't understand, she's having trouble putting words together. She wants to believe this is a benevolent interest, but she knows what happens when she misplaces her trust. For Vanya, making a poor decision has larger consequences, no matter the size of the misstep. She no longer has the luxury of recklessness. So, what?
She can't stay inside forever. She won't. Every moment she lives with her power is another that flies in the face of her father - a man that tried to make her think that, of the two of them, she was the broken one.
"I want to understand it," Vanya says as quietly as she can, not that either of them thinks the other is the same. It's the truth and it's how she feels, and Reginald can't control those things anymore, either.
She wants to say more, but she doesn't know what they're talking about or what he's asking, if he's asking anything and why.
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Date: 2021-01-15 04:26 am (UTC)For reasons she doesn't understand, she's having trouble putting words together. She wants to believe this is a benevolent interest, but she knows what happens when she misplaces her trust. For Vanya, making a poor decision has larger consequences, no matter the size of the misstep. She no longer has the luxury of recklessness. So, what?
She can't stay inside forever. She won't. Every moment she lives with her power is another that flies in the face of her father - a man that tried to make her think that, of the two of them, she was the broken one.
"I want to understand it," Vanya says as quietly as she can, not that either of them thinks the other is the same. It's the truth and it's how she feels, and Reginald can't control those things anymore, either.
She wants to say more, but she doesn't know what they're talking about or what he's asking, if he's asking anything and why.