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my eyes are glowing and i can see through walls

i don't even know if i'm posting this right because I CAN SEE THROUGH THE COMPUTER and looking at parts and boxes and circuits on a card thingy is cool i guess but i can see through the monitor too so i can't see where i'm typing!!

i think retrospec gave me x-ray vision which is cooler than turning into a puddle or any of those other weird powers i was worried about BUT HELP

what do i do??????????

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Don't eat sludge. I'm pretty sure it won't help.

Some people said to try and focus, other people are saying to try and relax. I don't know which to do.

For me, focusing helps with keeping the powers under control, so my vote's for that one.

You mean you can do more than just heal?

Going inside books, which I've done almost as much on accident as I've done on purpose.

Whoa. That sounds pretty cool, though. What would you do in there?

You can talk to characters, but it's super uncanny valley for me... Mostly I just try and leave again right away.

Really?> How is it weird? I mean, aside from it's obviously weird.

Have you ever heard about how robots that look like robots are fine, but when they get really close to looking like humans, people get super creeped out by them?

You think so? So it's like... if it looks normal, but doesn't act normal, it's creepy.

Exactly. Even if they're well-written, when you talk to them in person you can tell that they're a little off.

As off as probably seeing someone's underwear just looking at them? Or worse, their skeleton!

I'd rather see their skeleton, that's less embarrassing...

Yeah, but it's gross.

People are less likely to call you a perv for seeing their skeleton.

Yeah, true, and you're gonna feel sick either way.

Ideally you'd just figure out how not to see either. Did you have any luck turning it off?

[A little bit of waiting before the next reply, and:]

Yeah! Ms. Marker helped me out again. I seriously owe her by now.

[Sigh of relief.]

Ms. Marker's a good person to rely on.

She's helped you out, too?

A little bit. Mostly she's just generous. And also family of one of my friends.

Oh, right, she's mentioned her kid a couple times! He must be a nice person, huh.

He absolutely is. I'd compliment him more but Silver would probably get embarrassed.

Wait, that's his name?

[Kara remembers a more normal name, but... hey, maybe Silver is just what his friends call him?]

Sounds like a cool guy, huh.

It's a nickname, but his friends call him that like all the time.

[So she's not wrong!]

Silver's super cool.