I didn’t like that he was mentioning that.  Sore spot for both of us.  “Just following my instincts.”

Yeeeah, of all the people to get that from, Brian might be the worst.

“And maybe pushing yourself a little too hard, too fast in the process.”

“Mmm,” I offered a noncommittal response.

Yes. Yes, she is. If you can help her cut herself some healthy slack, that would be nice.

I could have asked how Bitch fit into his interpretation of events, but I already knew the answer.  Normal rules didn’t apply to her.

Yep. Rachel doesn’t count, because she’s Rachel.

“I think all this ties more closely into how our individual powers work than it does to gender.”

Probably, yeah. Hard to use the darkness and oblivion as more than defensive measures in combat, Tattletale’s power is almost useless for direct combat, and what else is Alec supposed to do? Manipulate people’s nerves to make them help themselves? Make them trip over winning lottery tickets?

Granted, they all do have access to the Coil resources Taylor is making use of to help people.

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