I watched Aurora process this information. Watched her face cycle through confusion and disbelief and something that might have been understanding.
"The match against Nolan." Her voice dropped. "When you touched him and he collapsed. That wasn't just a combat technique."
"No."
"You drained him."
"Yes."
"And last night? The attack on Building F?"
"My father built a weapon using my stolen blood. Put thirteen abilities into a single body. Sent it to hunt me down." I kept my voice flat. Factual. "I drained myself to almost nothing trying to save the kid trapped inside it."
Aurora was quiet for a long moment.
Then she started laughing again.
"This is insane." She pressed her hands to her face. "This is absolutely insane. I thought I was dealing with a complicated guy with a complicated past. Turns out I'm dealing with an unregistered weapon of mass destruction whose father is apparently a supervillain."
