Daemon couldn't help the slow, triumphant smile that crept onto her face at her reaction. Even before she said, 'I have powers too,' he knew. Because a hiss and a scold was the kind of thing someone who understood would do, entirely absent the shock of 'you can do magic?!' he would have anticipated from a landen.
Casually, he ate another fry and did not look at all inclined to move, despite her question and the sudden regard of the other patrons. "So I take it that abilities beyond the physical are...uncommon?" His tone was low and conversational--and since she was so concerned, he tucked a psychic sound shield around their booth so their voices wouldn't carry. The 'size' of the room that he could hear shrunk, most incidental noise cutting audibly out. It would be better to move, but he had his questions first.
"I don't think I'm like you," he told her gently. "Your mind doesn't feel like those of my kind."
He paused.
"But then you don't feel like those around us, either."
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Date: 2019-05-20 06:19 pm (UTC)Casually, he ate another fry and did not look at all inclined to move, despite her question and the sudden regard of the other patrons. "So I take it that abilities beyond the physical are...uncommon?" His tone was low and conversational--and since she was so concerned, he tucked a psychic sound shield around their booth so their voices wouldn't carry. The 'size' of the room that he could hear shrunk, most incidental noise cutting audibly out. It would be better to move, but he had his questions first.
"I don't think I'm like you," he told her gently. "Your mind doesn't feel like those of my kind."
He paused.
"But then you don't feel like those around us, either."