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[killtheanimals]

I wasn't aware you had the power to direct them to begin with.

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Apparently I don't.

[It's. Complicated.]

[killtheanimals]

Apparently.

[The fire's smoldering now, faltering to exhaustion and grief, but it's still there.]

If everything worked as it should have, how much power would you have over them?

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They would have dropped him off by me and then gone back to their seats.

[That. Clearly didn't go as planned.]

[killtheanimals]

[Clearly.]

So you were supposed to be able to give them simple commands. How?

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In the past they have listened, when I have asked them to do simple tasks. I'm not sure why things would have changed now.

[killtheanimals]

A snap of the fingers isn't what I'd call your typical request.

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That was me using my powers.

[killtheanimals]

What powers would that be?

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How much do you know about computers?

[killtheanimals]

Not... too much.

[Unfortunately. ]

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Basically, a computer works by turning things 'on' and 'off'. Everything about a computer is built around that idea. Typing letters is just a long series of flipping 'on' and 'off' switches, the combinations of which equal each individual letter. Similarly, any computer function runs the same way. You write the function, and then decide if you want that function 'on' or 'off.'

That is my power. To turn things 'on' and 'off'. Apply it creatively, and you can do a lot.

[It's not a limitless power, but. Well. It's why she can do most of the things she does.]

[killtheanimals]

[He tilts his head with a frown.]

So you turned one of their functions on...?

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Movement.

[killtheanimals]

Even the act of grabbing someone seems like it should be more than simply movement.

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It involved flipping more than one switch, yes, but that's basically what it was.

Though something went wrong, because they didn't just move him over to me.

[killtheanimals]

...Sol... probably. Unless you meant to move Amamiya, too.

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I definitely did not.

[killtheanimals]

Is that power also what you can use to turn ours on and off?

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It is, yes.

[killtheanimals]

I asked you before about the hunters and the labs affecting our powers as well.

Would they use different methods?