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[ Olivia's looking down when the camera comes on, trying to find the right way to phrase this. When she finally looks up, it's with a thoughtful, worried expression, and she takes a deep breath before she speaks. ]

It's pretty obvious to me by now that having... abilities isn't exactly uncommon here. It is, where I'm from. I met a few people who did have... I guess you could say special powers, back home, and... Maybe it's just the circumstances those abilities came from, but to say the results were disastrous would be an understatement.

[ She glances away, pressing her lips together. Coming to the point isn't easy. If she were asking one person, that would be one thing, but she doesn't know who to go to, and letting everyone know just how clueless and confused she is right now... It's not her favorite thing in the world. ]

I was hoping someone with some experience with this sort of thing could tell me how you handle those abilities. How you control them. Something happened to me when the city was attacked, and... I don't want it to happen again. I don't want to risk hurting anyone.

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So, you're developing powers now? What did you do?

Apparently I am. [ A faint grimace. ] I started a fire. Does it matter what it is specifically?

It kind of does, yeah. I mean, you wouldn't help someone with crazy psychic powers the way that you'd help someone like me.

That's kind of cool, though. Do you know how you did it?

[ She laughs softly. ] Not a clue. I wouldn't know how to do it again if I tried.

Well, hey, that's probably a good thing for the moment. At least you're not losing control and setting everything around you ablaze. [He gives a small laugh, but he knows this isn't really funny.]

Maybe it's just a defense mechanism, and you won't have to worry about it unless you're in trouble?

Maybe. Though I'm an FBI agent back home, so if it were just a defense mechanism... I think it might have kicked in before now.

But it could just be in life-or-death situations? I mean, how often does the FBI get involved with zombies?

Unless you're in the X-Files.

...well, we don't call it that...

[ She pauses, and then grins. ]

I've never dealt with zombies before, but this isn't the first time I've been in a weird life-threatening situation.

Whoa, wait, that's real!? I mean, of course it's real, but it's real real?

[He shouldn't be so surprised, and yet here he is.]

Just to be clear, we're talking weird life-threatening situations like being attacked by zombies, right? Not like terrorists or serial killers?

Sort of. No aliens or zombies so far, but I think it's only a matter of time. Genetically engineered monsters and so on... Yeah.

[ She pauses, and raises an eyebrow. ] Is that really so surprising? [ To most people, maybe, but to a kid who talks about superpowers like they're just a normal part of life? ]

It's not really that weird, but I guess I wasn't really expecting it. Most people here don't know about all that stuff.

And here I was under the impression everyone here was involved with weird stuff one way or another.

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