GRAVITY CHAMBER READY - 11:35 PM
Rene approached carefully, her laboratory body moving with the kind of precise controlled motion that made Orion intensely jealous because she could walk without destroying things, she could pick up objects without crushing them, she had the control he desperately needed.
She helped him stand up from the crater with gentle guidance, treating him like someone who might explode at any moment, and led him to a clear area away from expensive equipment and fragile walls.
"Then we train," she said with quiet confidence that cut through his despair like a knife through fog, "systematically, methodically, until control becomes instinctive, until the power serves you instead of overwhelming you, until you can walk down a street without destroying it, until you can shake someone's hand without crushing their bones, until you master this enhancement completely."
