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Hey, y'all. I been thinking about some stuff lately - about powers. I don't have any and I never did, except for Admiral powers and except for one time when I thought I had some of my own - but that's another story.

They're just kinda all over the place here, I noticed. Arthas had his, and he tried to kill the whole Barge. And I know wardens hurt people with their powers sometimes. I've seen it. And we got inmates who don't have any powers at all, but still hurt and kill people. It's like I was telling someone earlier - it ain't like the Barge is safe when inmates have powers, and dangerous when they don't. It's a lot more complicated than that.

I got two inmates I been talking to, Lourdes and Pietro - and they want their powers back 'cause they don't feel right and whole without 'em. And I don't blame 'em, if I'm gonna be real honest. I maybe would have, before I was a warden, but now I got a different perspective. We're letting parts of people be locked away, and how's anyone supposed to trust us if we do that and don't care?

But maybe it ain't right to just give 'em back without thinking about it, neither - 'cause some of the powers are dangerous, and all of us'd be affected if something happened. So we decided that since they don't got wardens of their own, we're gonna talk to the whole Barge about it and see if any of y'all got objections. Or-- or questions or concerns. Stuff like that.

Pietro's got super speed, and super senses so he can see things okay when he's using his super speed. Lourdes can control people's bodies, and their minds, and even the chemicals inside 'em. Now, that's a whole fucking lot - so she's mostly what I wanna talk about today, I guess. We got Iris and Jean and all those guys who can protect people from stuff like that, but it can still be dangerous. So we're asking you.

Everybody gets a say.

[filtered to Lourdes]

if you get em back i want to talk about how your gonna use em ok

[filtered to Barbara, Cain, Dillon, Eggsy, Iris, Jean, Letty, Lloyd, Lydia, Ricki, Roderick, Simon, Tig; dated to after the post has been up for a while]

I'm giving Lourdes her powers back - but only when she's in the Enclosure with me. Now, I don't think she's gonna hurt me - but if she does, I don't want any of y'all hurting her back, okay? I ain't saying no punishment, or no being mad. Just no torturing or murdering or nothing. Thanks.

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No, you weren't. Most of the time, I think she'd understand. [Iris owns her flaws, more boldly than Jean has ever seen.]

But right now - right now it just hurts too much.

I didn't want to make her hurt.

Sometimes we hurt the people we love without meaning to. And it's not even our fault, we just - we didn't see the wounds we were opening.

Do you think she's gonna love me less now?

[That gets an outright laugh.]

Never.

[But the levity fades, as she studies Tiffany.]

Do you worry about that a lot? Saying the wrong thing, and - ?

... Yeah. I don't want to lose what I have.

From what I've seen, what you have can't be lost that easily.

...It's okay to screw up, sometimes. And to argue with each other. That's part of any relationship.

[She cracks a smile, as her voice breaks a little.]

I mean, you haven't killed any of your friends, so...

I tried killing Vergil when I was new.

...Were you friends yet?

I don't even know if we're real friends now.

[That draws a different sort of laugh, low and soft.] I've got some like that. ...It feels easier, sometimes, because shouting at each other is just part of the package. [She remembers the last thing she said to Logan, before she died, and it makes her smile deepen.]

Mm. We don't hate each other, anyway.

You wouldn't have killed your friends either, if you was in your right mind.

No, but I'd understand if a friendship didn't survive that sort of thing. [There's a deep, aching gratitude in her voice, to everyone who decided it was worth it.]

I bet your friendship with Dillon survived it.

It did.

Got us talking, too.

In a good way or a bad way?

...Both, I guess.

I mean - it's not how I'd have chosen to start, but I'm glad we did.

And you're both doing good now?

[Wait.

Her eyes widen, a bit, and she grins.] Tiffany, I meant you and me.

You and me?

... I'm glad we talk too. And I'm glad we do that other thing.

[She sends Jean a quick little telepathic zing - tired, but happy-ish.]

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