Perhaps he could talk to Forge about making something to help. There was a girl a while ago, Surge, who has a similar power, but she just constantly generated electricity. She needed a device of some sort in order to use that electricity so she wouldn't explode. Shawn remembered her fondly, the second anniversary of her leaving was fast approaching.

He shook his head to himself. Shawn couldn't rely on gadgets to do what his powers already could. This wasn't a pride thing, he reminded himself. It wasn't that he thought that using gadgets to help him would make it seem as if he wasn't good enough to properly use his powers. It wasn't that he needed to prove to Heidi and his teammates that he could fix this problem without the help of others. It was... Shawn needed to be able to compress energy and fire it without the worry of it destabilizing. He could fire small beams, finger tip sized ones, but something as large as his hand and much more dense was his next goal to surpass.

Getting lost in thought, Shawn's hands shifted, and he lost control of the ball of energy. It flew forward and exploded. Shawn snapped back to reality, and attempted to absorb the dispersed energy. This resulted in no casualties other than himself, and shawn was knocked onto his back with a rather forceful thud. He was quiet for a moment, breathing softly and quietly for a good moment before groaning rather loudly.

"Damn." He let out a second, quieter groan. "I didn't even fire it this time."

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"Language, please." Charles reminded Tatiana with a tap of his temple. "But yes, where did you find the pig? Tatiana seems to have rid the area of pigs before now." He wasn't oblivious. He knew a few things that his students did around campus, whether it he through his mind's eye, or through word of mouth. 

Laura actually smirked at the boy and took a step back. Still, she said nothing, and went to looking st the books around the office to occupy her time while Charles dealt with other matters.

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"Yeah. Peter, you're with me." Sally motioned him forward. "Dave!" She called out, but was quickly shushed by Peter, who didn't want to make a scene. 

The man came by with a dry laugh and looked at Sally. "What's up? You can't tell me that even you forgot which was left is."

She laughed back, dryer and even more tired, as if it were a competition. "No, could you help Bonnibel here with finding the good Raegan Books? I'm taking Peter to get some translation and language books first."

David nodded. "So, looks like I'm your substitute partner for the President project. I'm David Alleyne."

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"Okay!" Forge exclaimed to himself. "Everyone with me to the control room. You know the drill, one by one, you'll be tested to the limits of your body and mutation. Miss Darkholme will he in the Danger room with you all individually, examining you and grading you. Up first. Chrys Corriender."