Kijani shook her head slightly after she took the pill from Connor. She tucked it into her pocket, then pushed back her hair. Hidden by her dreadlocks was a silver band across her forehead. She could feel it pressing into her skin. "I think you might stand a better chance. He put this on me, said it would block my powers. And that if it was forcibly removed, it'd explode and kill me." There was a flat edge to her voice. "I'm no good with tech, so... I have no idea what to do."

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Devika was taking notes and not paying attention at the same time, a gift learned from all her years in school. She was gazing out of the corner of her eye at a new student. He looked much younger than most people in the class. So far, most of the students who'd showed up in this course had been older like she was, either on their way to graduation or with superpowers that were much less obvious or strong. This was more of an intellectual course than one that involved any sort of power over another. Unless you considered talking to people and being politically correct a superpower...

She wondered what this guy was doing in class- he didn't seem to be paying that much attention. Then again, she wasn't either and she still was passing.