[Talia has learned that to push is to be pushed away. It is better to make the offer and to let it be accepted at one's own pace. She remains quiet as Bruce warns her, giving her at least a vague outline of what it was that she would be dealing with. She's actually smiling, rather than looking horrified or doubtful.]

You've just described nearly every Herald with a newly awakened Gift... emotion is the key to many of our Gifts, and is often the root of many of our problems with controlling them; Haven knows my own certainly was. [Empathy was emotionally charged entirely, so she's speaking with her own personal experience here; as to others? When a Firestarter lost control, things could get bad terribly fast. It's why one of the very first things they were supposed to be taught was to ground and center.

Another soft smile when he says where his own room is.]

It would appear so... perhaps for a reason, mm? Take care, Bruce.