Yeah? [Steve, she likes you just a bit more because of that, even if it is just because it's something to relate to.]
Okay. I mean, the City broadcast some of my worst memories a week ago. I figure, if it's going to do that again, I'd rather have at least some people prepared for it.
[First thing she does? Study her sneakers for a moment. They're fascinating when she's nervous. Second thing she does, she finally looks up and starts talking.]
My parents, back when they were broke college students and well before they had me, were part of this experimental drug program. They were told it was for a hallucinogenic pain-killer but what it ended up doing was changing them. This stuff, they called it Lot Six, altered part of their minds and suddenly, my mother was a telekinetic and my father could make people do and see whatever he wanted to.
[And this is where she's pretty damn sure he thinks she's crazy so she waits a bit for a reaction before continuing.]
action:
Okay. I mean, the City broadcast some of my worst memories a week ago. I figure, if it's going to do that again, I'd rather have at least some people prepared for it.
[First thing she does? Study her sneakers for a moment. They're fascinating when she's nervous. Second thing she does, she finally looks up and starts talking.]
My parents, back when they were broke college students and well before they had me, were part of this experimental drug program. They were told it was for a hallucinogenic pain-killer but what it ended up doing was changing them. This stuff, they called it Lot Six, altered part of their minds and suddenly, my mother was a telekinetic and my father could make people do and see whatever he wanted to.
[And this is where she's pretty damn sure he thinks she's crazy so she waits a bit for a reaction before continuing.]