The shadows receded to their proper places and Kelsey felt vaguely dissatisfied. Sure, the fire had been put out and it looked pretty impressive (at least to her), but... that hadn't really been much, now that she thought about it. The explosions and fire had been dangerous, but the amount of destruction they could cause was amazing as they burnt through walls and scorched metal. She didn't think her shadows could do anything like that.

Part of her wanted to get started on trying anyway, but really, she was much more curious about what she'd seen a few seconds earlier.

The girl had been too calm. She'd walked with far too much confidence even for an action-movie star, and they didn't even exist in real life. It was almost as though she knew exactly where the fire would be and simply stepped out of the way... Could that girl have *controlled* it? Anything seemed possible after what Kelsey had seen today. After all, she already knew for a fact that she wasn't the only one who could do these kinds of things. Why not one more?

With those thoughts in mind, she crossed to the door the girl had gone through in a few quick strides. Luckily for her it was unlocked and she flung it open, peering inside.

The girl was standing at a counter piled with most of the contents of the nearby fridge, shoveling food in her mouth like she hadn't eaten in weeks. She held a phone in her free hand and was staring at it as though willing someone on the other end to pick up. Two years ago a few of the stoners at her school had invited themselves to Laura's birthday party for no obvious reason besides being high and afflicted with a severe case of the munchies. They'd polished off several trays of finger food and started on the birthday cake before she and Nicolette managed to get rid of them. Kelsey had wondered how they managed to eat so much, but now it looked like they had a contender.

The act was almost second nature to her at this point. 
 
"Oh my *god!*" she yelled. "Weren't you in that explosion earlier? Are you sure you're okay?" She looked fine as far as Kelsey could tell, but it didn't hurt to make sure and it was a reasonable response to what she'd just seen. At the same time, she felt outwards for the nearest patches of shadow; there'd been far too many explosions today already.