Ascot would have said that it was actions, not powers, that made one a monster. But Michael Keahi had managed to tackle Odepius' arguments from another angle. Nevertheless, the boy would look at the Police officer and give a few moments of thought to his request.

He didn't like the idea of the serial killer giving more inane speeches and distracting them from work that needed to be done. If he were honest with himself, Ascot had an ego that Odepius had wounded, but to surrender to that...would be to prove the deranged man right. So the boy looked at Michael, giving a brief series of nods.

"All right, officer," Ascot said, "we will leave him ungagged." [i]I can just ignore him.[/i] "But I am still tightening his restraints until we go to Silverbrook, after which we will try for more lasting means of restraint and surveillance." 

And with that, the cocoon encasing Odepius tightened and thickened, before the young man would continue to say, "Officer...sorry for further questions, but your mask, what powers does that give you? Do you feel anything inside yourself?" He then looked at where Tabitha and Tristan were having a 'shippy' moment, smiling.

Then, his stomach rumbled. He then looked at Michael, then Anni, before saying, "Oh, do you guys have some food? If not, we might want to resume the trip to Lightbridge in...five minutes."

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