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She scowled, and stepped closer to him, "You're only saying that because you don't know. They can help people. One helped me. Stop being so afraid!"

Garo frowns a little.
"Why are you so angry with me? I haven't done anything to you, I just ... don't want to give somebody that kind of power over me. I spent what feels like so long with no control, trapped and knowing that every single kriffin' sadist around me had the power to make me hurt if they wanted to.

"They used it, too, and I never knew when I was going to be humiliated, or taken away for torture, and I just had no control over what happened t'me. At all. I hated feeling that powerless, and I hate that I still feel like I don't have any real control over what happens to me, and I just don't want to give somebody, who might help me or might just kriff things up, power over me.

"Can't you understand that?"

Beat.

"I don't - I don't want t'be afraid. But kriff, I spent so long in that place. Even a world away I can't seem to get my head out of it."

Beat.

Everything before has been gentle and slow and quiet. The next line is just rather flat: "And I still don't get why you're so angry with me."

Will steps forward and puts a hand on both of them, "She's angry cause she wishes to 'elp but doesna know 'ow. Isna at ye, Garo just all the stuff that's 'appenin'."

Kate added, "Will's right. And also the fact that I've been there. I know what it's like to not have control over what's being done to you. It hasn't been as long as you've experienced but it's happened to me too. You need to realize it was nothing to do with you. You can't control what had happened, but you can control how you're dealing with it."

She then said, "You are giving power to something. You're giving power to your past. Letting it control you. Don't you see it?"

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She just gets some slightly grumpy mumbling in response.

Beat.

"So - Either of you two had any great ideas for stopping the crazysuperpowers?"

"Kate, ye've 'ad friends with powers, 'ow do they work?"

Kate considered it, "Well, Billy can bend reality with his magic, but right now he has to focus on what he wants with a mantra. Teddy helped him by using his mom's self-help books. Self-realization, visualization, things like that. But we've all made mistakes at times. Really the only way is through practice and training."

"Can't practice it. Don't know how t'use it at all."

"Then 'ave to find a way ye can use it without bein' in danger o'dyin'."

"We're in a school, there's got to be some kind of manual or books for learning. Something that'd be useful."

"Can't read your language."

"If ye wish to, can learn. I'm still learnin' an we'll all look together."

She snapped at Garo, "I'll read to you, stop making excuses."

"'M not making excuses. You're making excuses. Stop making excuses. Yeah. Sure showed you."

Beat.

"Can you smell that?"

Will just sighs,

"Nay, canna smell anythin'."

"Yeah, showed me that you're a four year old. And don't change the subject..."

She then sniffed the air curiously. Her fae-sharp senses did catch something.

"...Maybe?"

"Four and a half." Chirpily. "Pollen?"

"Ye're both dorks. What's pollen?"

"Excuse me? I think I'm the more mature one here." She folded her arms in front of her, and grumped.

"Pollen, it's from plants. The flowers specifically on a plant. It's how they fertilize and reproduce."

"Planty." Sagely, as Garo heads off North.

That gets another sigh from Will as he's just not sure what to do.

"Will? C'mon. We better see what's going on." She gestured to him to follow them North to investigate.

"It'll be fun. We might find a hidden oasis or something." Brightly.

"Oh aye, should 'ave some weapons with us too."

She agreed, and there was some wait to fetch weapons and meet back with Garo again to North where the pollen smell was stronger.

"See anything?" She asked Garo then?