[He tugs at his hair again, furious to realize that just as he'd suspected, Jesse had screwed everything up.]
I'm not scared of him. And you shouldn't be either. He doesn't have any powers, you know. He can't even use them. All he can do is steal them. Did he tell you that?
...What am I saying? It's not like you care. You probably think that's a great idea, right? Never mind that it leaves people completely defenseless in a fucked up place like this. Never mind that people could die, or go insa-
[And there it is. The connection he never made, but he should have. Jesse steals powers. People have been turning up in the news all of this time, powerless. Some of them really did go insane. And he's known about it all along, he just didn't realize that he knew.
His eyes go wide, wider than they should be able to, and he stumbles backwards into the nearest chair.]
Re: Action!
[He tugs at his hair again, furious to realize that just as he'd suspected, Jesse had screwed everything up.]
I'm not scared of him. And you shouldn't be either. He doesn't have any powers, you know. He can't even use them. All he can do is steal them. Did he tell you that?
...What am I saying? It's not like you care. You probably think that's a great idea, right? Never mind that it leaves people completely defenseless in a fucked up place like this. Never mind that people could die, or go insa-
[And there it is. The connection he never made, but he should have. Jesse steals powers. People have been turning up in the news all of this time, powerless. Some of them really did go insane. And he's known about it all along, he just didn't realize that he knew.
His eyes go wide, wider than they should be able to, and he stumbles backwards into the nearest chair.]
No...