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[private to Howie]

I'm sick of this library gig. When do I get my powers back, again?

[private to Adam]

Ruling the barge yet?

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I'm working on it.

So, is Peter really gone? I haven't heard from him in ages.

Work fast.

He's gone, but he's coming back.

Damn. So his stuff is still there?

It's a good thing. And yeah, all his stuff's still here.

A good thing for you.

Patience, it's a virtue. It's the library or the kitchen, your choice.

As for your powers? You threw lightning at me a couple of days ago. Consider it set back a little.

You said it'd be a couple more days! It's been like three weeks!

Why? It's not like I hurt you or anything.

Because you kept doing things which got it put off, right? You collaborated with O'Brien, you then threw electricity at me... they all add up.

You tried to, and you threatened to. The fact remains that if that had hit me, it would have seriously hurt me, and if I give you any more power, if that had hit me, it would have possibly killed me. I understand you were angry, but if the potential result of you losing your temper is someone getting killed, then I'm not exactly going to be prepared to hand the means for you to to do so.

But I told you, I didn't mean to do anything wrong. Helping him was just a mistake. And if I'd tried to hurt you, I would've. I was aiming at the wall.

I'm aware of the first point, but the second - you were deliberately trying to scare me into doing what you wanted me to do with your power. And if that's what you're going to do, I'm not going to give you any more. Because I might not respond to threats like that, but someone else might - especially if I give you enough power to seriously cause some physical harm, and I'm not giving you the power to do that.

I wasn't actually going to hurt you.

That's not the point. You were trying to intimidate me with the threat of it to get your way. That's not a right or fair way to use your power.

I guess I don't care about right or fair when my boyfriend's missing.

Unfortunately, they still matter. I understand there were circumstances under which you were angry, but they still count for something, and you have no reason to try and threaten people into doing what you want.

I. Don't. Care. Him missing is a good enough reason.

You have to care on some level, Elle. It might be a good reason for some things, but it's not a good reason to threaten me and try and make me do exactly as you want.

Would he like the idea of you doing that, Elle?

I'd do what it takes to find him.

Even if doing 'what it takes' potentially hurts others and doesn't get any results?

I love him.

I... I know, but would he want you to hurt people on his account? Really?

No. But I need to get him back.

Which I understand, but if you do that by using all sorts of violent methods that he wouldn't like - you wouldn't want to get him back and have him appalled at what you'd done to do that, would you? Because if someone had done that for me, I'd be disgusted.

Saying 'pretty please' didn't exactly work, did it?

Neither did threatening me with electrocution. There's some limitations which you have to deal with, rather than try to get rid of.

I can't just deal, not when it comes to Peter.

Which is why I want to help you, but demanding to be let off, and threatening me to get me to do it aren't a solution.

You have to work with what I can give you. I can't do that. That's a limiation I simply can't break.

Okay, I was bad and wrong and threatening people isn't anything I should ever do. Pretty please may I go home?

The point was, I can't let you. I can only let you when you graduate, and simply repeating back to me that you shouldn't have threatened me isn't really enough to get you that far.

But I'm better.

You are, Elle, but not enough for me to let you go.

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