This is kinda a short update, sorry. Just some more information on the characters.
Next chapter will be longer and introduces another new character (again lol). Any guesses on who it will be?
Till then, see ya!
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The lights in our room go off at the next buzzer, plunging us mostly into darkness. It's an earlier lights out than usual, but that just means that we're gonna have the early shift tomorrow.
"What are they going to do?" Kellin asks. I hear the bed creak as he shifts.
I wince. I remember the first time they took me to study and how scared I was. "They just want to test your powers and see what you can do."
"What is your power?" he asks. "You haven't told me yet."
"Well," I sit up, looking toward him in the dark. "We're not supposed to use them outside of study, but," I hold out my hand in front of me, fingers outstretched. It doesn't take much effort for me to coax a small flame into life—my powers have never taken much for me to control them. Our room is bathed in a soft orange glow—I have to admit that it is impressive.
"That's amazing," he breathes as I flick my hand, extinguishing the flame.
"Yeah," I'm strangely embarrassed. "What's your power?"
"I can't show you," he admits. "It doesn't really work like that."
"Well, what can you do?" I prompt.
"It's not cool like yours," he says. "I can heal."
"That's cool," I say. "Just yourself or others?"
"I don't know," he admits. "I've only used it once, when..." he trails off. I realize he must be thinking about how he got sent here.
"Hey," I say. "Don't think about it, okay?"
"I'm just scared," Kellin sighs. "Are they gonna hurt me?"
"They usually don't," I say. "Only if we disobey them or aren't able to use our powers well enough."
"That seems counterintuitive," Kellin says.
I shrug. "Something about how fear and anger make our powers stronger. It's linked to emotion. Or that's what they told me at least."
Kellin is silent for a moment, and I worry I've scared him. "Don't worry. It will be fine."
"You think?" He looks skeptical.
"You're gonna be okay." The words leave a bad taste in my mouth. As soon as I say it, my stomach twists. His powers are healing. The realization makes me sick. How are they going to test his powers? Are they going to hurt him? Hurt someone else to make him heal them? The thought of Kellin getting injured sends pangs of guilt through me. How long is he going to last here? How long will it take before they break him? Admittedly, I don't know him that well yet, but I feel responsible for him, at least in some way. I don't think I can watch another person die.
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