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NIXON

"Goddess, are you dying or something?" Linden snarked as he rolled his eyes and sat on the grass.

"Or something," Terran looked between us, "look, abilities are hard to manage when you're emotional. Sometimes they don't work, other times they do too much damage, or cloud your judgment. Nixon has died and rebirthed, if he dies you both know he's coming back to you," he hesitated, "but what happens when it's Alice, Linden, another sibling or someone you care about?" 

"What the hell Terran?" Alice half shrieked at him, checking to make sure I had Onyx locked up. "Maybe WE should have this conversation," she pointed between her, Linden, and Terran, "and we can have it with Nixon later," she was whispering but it came out more like a hiss. 

"No," he stood his gro