{"id":27617,"date":"2013-05-19T04:57:44","date_gmt":"2013-05-19T04:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2013\/05\/19\/askprofessorx-iamthefirechild-im-not-able\/"},"modified":"2013-05-19T04:57:44","modified_gmt":"2013-05-19T04:57:44","slug":"askprofessorx-iamthefirechild-im-not-able","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2013\/05\/19\/askprofessorx-iamthefirechild-im-not-able\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

askprofessorx<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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iamthefirechild<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m not able to get out of the city much these days,\u201d she confessed. \u201cIt can be \u2014 overwhelming. I\u2019m not as in control as I\u2019d like to be, and there\u2019s \u2014 \u201d She hated having to say this. She wanted the professor to like her, but responsibility insisted she warn him properly. She sighed. \u201cMy body doesn\u2019t cope with external emotions well. Either the extra energy is routed through my muscles \u2014 convulsions \u2014 or I have to use it up another way. I divert it into fire.\u201d She held out a hand, and a little tongue of flame appeared, dancing and twisting in her palm.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

He nodded, expression understanding. Having control over one\u2019s powers could be difficult. Especially when those gifts were of the mental variety. \u201cOf course. Of course. That\u2019s understandable.\u201d His brow furrowed slightly as she continued. If he was being honest, there was a level of concern there. \u201cExtra energy? That can be rather dangerous, yes?\u201d Azure eyes widened slightly at the small flame that licked at the air above her palm. \u201cRemarkable.\u201d The professor was never without wonder when it came to mutations. Each was as intricately unique as the beings that possessed them. Still, the wrinkle in his forehead did not ease. \u201cAre you able to control these flames? Do they ever get out of hand?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

She shook her head, closing that hand. The fire vanished. “I have to consciously — well, for given values of consciously — focus to divert it into fire. It’s me. The fire. It’s me, it’s mine. It does what I say.” Summer pressed her lips together for a minute, trying to find the right words again.<\/p>\n

“The fire isn’t the problem. It’s projection, and convulsions, and — ” What had she even been hoping to accomplish? “I just thought you should know,” she said lamely. “In case I go wrong.” \u00a0In case I lose someone, and my mind with them, she meant, but couldn’t bring herself to say.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

askprofessorx: iamthefirechild: \u201cI\u2019m not able to get out of the city much these days,\u201d she confessed. \u201cIt can be \u2014 overwhelming. I\u2019m not as in control as I\u2019d like to be, and there\u2019s \u2014 \u201d She hated having to say this. She wanted the professor to like her, but responsibility insisted she warn him properly. … Continue reading <\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10,3213],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27617"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27617\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}