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"They're as hard as a rock and..." she grunted as she tried to push them away from each other, "I... can't budge them at all! How did you ... even learn to do that?"

"Well, it's... not really something I learned. It just kind of happened. I can freeze time at will."

Her eyes were as wide as a water polo ball, her jaw hanging like it was about to fall off. She must've stared at me for several minutes, while I just smiled at her and nodded to let her know I was, in fact, telling the truth. Once she got over the shock of how casual I was about explaining my superpower, she then regained the ability to speak.

"Then ... how are you and I still talking and moving?" she curiously asked.

"It's a selective thing. I pretty much just think about what I want and don't want to freeze in my mind and it happens."

"This is so insane," she remarked, her fingers curiously running between the drops of water. "How come you're not on the news or something yet? You could be famous! Probably rich, too!"

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