[i]Well that sounds weird,[/i] Sebastian thought. [i]I guess people in America were a lot more used to these powers. I mean, if they're so competitive that they would just show her off like that, they have to be.[/i] He shrugged. He didn't see their powers as anything bad. They were just able to do things that normal people couldn't. They didn't ask for these powers.

"I'm sorry to hear all that, Grace. Really, I didn't even have it so bad. It wasn't easy, but a lot of people like us have rough pasts. You're right, we have to just keep moving forward. And God, I am so cold," he said, shaking his head and rubbing his arms. He looked up to see her leaving and waved goodbye. "Oh, uh, yeah! I'll see you tomorrow." When she'd left the room, he immediately teleported back to his room, and when he was there he reached out and grabbed 2 sweaters and bundled up in his sheets until the cold left him.

After a few minutes he took the sweaters off and laughed to himself in the empty room. That was really fun, he thought looking back on what had happened. It had been a while since Sebastian had ever really connected with someone like that. All his life he felt different from everyone around him, because he was. The people here were nice, and he really felt like he belonged, for the first time in his life. He felt like he and Grace were more alike than he'd thought when he first met her. As he closed his eyes, he hoped he wouldn't screw this up. This was his chance to help her and prove that he could do this job. If he failed, it wouldn't just be his job being lost. Grace wasn't safe from her own power until she learned to consistently control it. She was a lot of progress, though. What she did was impressive, the most incredible thing Sebastian had ever seen. He was excited to see what she could really do as he closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.