We Could Be Heroes, Big Man

08

  "Now, Tommy."

  Tommy was already bored and they hadn't even started yet.

  Wilbur had volunteered to help Tommy control his power better and use it to a higher standard. Although, Tommy felt as if he had used his power quite well in his sparring match with Techno, even if he did lose. Techno was really good.

  "It's easy to tell you know your stances and you know to listen well. And although that's good, it's not good enough."

  Tommy sputtered. "What do you mean it's not good enough? I hit Technoblade, didn't I?"

  "He was caught off guard. He didn't think you'd actually do anything." Wilbur corrected. "Moving on. Can you elaborate to me what your power specifically is?"

  "Oh well, um. My mom described it as the powers of a storm I guess. I can control wind, lightning, and fog. But fog is hard, because it's cloud and cloud is really high up." Tommy said.

  "That's. . . Interesting." Wilbur smiled. "It kinda reminds me of my dad's power in a way. It's not limited to just one characteristic."

  Tommy wasn't completely sure what that meant, and was becoming rather confused by Phil's power. He knew he could stop powers from being used, but that was it. He knew nothing else.

  "Anyway. I asked Tubbo and Techno what they saw about your power, and Tubbo said you had an emotional break out during your sleep the other night. During it, you used both wind and lightning, yes?"

Tommy nodded. "That's also hard."

"But if you learned to tame it and control it, do you know how powerful you would be, Tommy? Dare I say it, you could beat Techno or Dream if you mastered it."

Yeah, right.

  "We have similar powers. It takes a lot of control to use multiple aspects at once, and sometimes use certain aspects at all. A technique I've come to use is anatomy."

  Tommy cocked his head. "Are you about to give me an anatomy lesson?"

  "In a sense." Wilbur shrugged. "Knowing each and every muscle and how to work them is the best way to control each aspect of your power."

Tommy frowned. As much as he liked that he was starting to understand his power he knew he wasn't going to enjoy Wilbur's health lesson.

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Tommy knew he spent a lot of time with Tubbo. He rather liked Tubbo. The smaller boy gave him a sense of comfort and confidence, he almost felt stronger around him. It sounded ridiculous but it was true.

He learned lot about the school, about their species, about their peers from Tubbo. Tubbo was smart and had a great memory. He was so smart he would often forget that Tubbo was actually dyslexic.

They started sitting in the garden a lot. The bees surrounded them, buzzing away as they landed on the flowers and bushes nearby. Tommy was afraid of them at first, but then he learned a new aspect of Tubbo's power.

Nature seemed to include the nature of animals as well.

"Tommy, they won't hurt you." Tubbo assured as Tommy once again, flinched away from the bee. "I promise they won't. And if they try I won't let them."

"Won't let them? What are you gonna do? Swat at it?"

Tubbo chuckled. "No, I can tell it to go away."

Tommy raised his eyebrows at Tubbo, scooting closer to him to stray away from the bees.

"Another aspect of my power is talking to animals. Well, it's more similar to mind control, but not quite." Tubbo said. "Does that make sense?"