She didn’t wait for them to step outside. She did the same thing she’d done to the guards stationed outside, crushing them with despair, overwhelming them with loathing and paranoia.
It’s handy when your power’s range goes through walls.
It was only slightly faster than it had been here. Here, there had been an enemy for the soldiers to focus their negative energies on, to distract them.
Huh. I had expected it to be the other way around since the people inside didn’t have her literally telling them what to do about it, but I suppose it makes sense that this would have a larger impact.
It was surprising how important that could be.
Yeah.
Nearly a minute passed before the fourth gunshot sounded, marking the death of the last soldier here.
From an inside perspective – like the non-soldiers’ – this must be terrifying.