[IC] Appointments Post

[selfhelp]

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[Action, May 6th]

[selfhelp]

Mm... good question. Actually-

[Billy starts flipping through the book again, his eyes scanning over the pages for buzz words: fear, caution, awareness, overcoming, or similar phrasing. What Teddy had suggested was familiar, and he's almost certain that he's read it before. Whether it's this book or a different one, however, he's less certain about.

As he searches, he thinks about what Teddy said. It's true that they've both been there, felt the fear and worry of hurting someone, and just because Billy's power was magical didn't mean he wasn't just as capable of physically hurting people, so it wasn't as different as Teddy made it sound. That understanding is comforting, in its own way.

Being aware of the power, but... not letting the fear overwhelm you? Sounds easy enough, but he knows it's far from that. His brows furrow, lowering the book after a long moment of quiet.]

How do you do it?

[Action, May 6th]

[halfnhalf]

The turning fear into awareness thing?

[With Billy searching for something to help him with that understanding, slides his hand down from his shoulder to the small of his back instead, eyes on the pages to help him look. But maybe he can tell him something to help... If he can word it properly, that is.]

[Action, May 6th]

[selfhelp]

Yeah. I mean... like you said, you had to work through it yourself. You had to- you had to come to terms with hurting someone with your powers, get over that and use them to do good, instead. I did that with Kesler, too, but... I don't know. It didn't feel the same. I didn't feel all that guilty, back then. ...Does... that make me a horrible person?

[He can remember the horror of almost killing someone, sure. That part was awful. But Kesler was fine and then Iron Lad showed up and the team came together, so it had been easy to forget that he'd zapped the guy who'd made his life hell for years.

Shit, derailing. He shakes his head.]

No- sorry, forget that. But I'd... like your thoughts on it. The fear stuff.