Derrick nodded. "Yeah, me own powers caused some troubles back home." The dwarves vanished, fading into tiny motes of light before vanishing all together. "Me Da' was being' talked ta by some o' that IRA and when one o' them found out what I could do they threatened ta out me ta the government unless me Da' did some work for them."

He took a drink of his coffee and shrugged his broad shoulders. "Da' packed us all up and we headed fer the states as soon as possible after that. I wasn't stupid enough that I couldn't figure out it was my fault, so as soon as I was old enough I left, gave them the opportunity to go back home if they wanted."

"So what is it that ye, can do?" he asked after a minute of awkward silence. "Do ye create electricity or absorb it or something'?"