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I kneas co next and preempted it "But with Morales"

"You weren’t afraid," he said

"I was angry" Fight

"There are different biochemical reactions that occur in response to different emotions, like stress--"

"Adrenaline and cortisol, I know," I said "I took ninth grade bio too"

Noah ignored me "And they’re processed differently by the brain--we should read more about this"

"Okay," I said But I was still frustrated; Noah once againwhat I wanted to know about him

So I said, "I still think we should test your ability"

Noah’s eyes went sharp--he was uncoain "You want to do this scientifically? Here," Noah said, and stood He crossed the room and picked up a bottle of Tylenol that I left on my bookshelf Placed it on the floor "We’ll use the scientific s with your ain He didn’t actually believe I could do it; he was just trying to distractwith him--for now "Telekinesis?"

"I don’t think so, exactly, but in order to figure out what you can do, it would be helpful to knohat you can’t do So here, move this"

"With my mind"

"With your "

I glared at hiave me a nod "Go on"

Fine I’d do this and then it would beI dropped to the floor, crossedat the bottle

About twenty seconds of fruitless silence later, Daniel knocked and pushed my bedroom door open all the way

"I’ for the carnival in approximately twenty minutes" He paused I felt him look down at ?"

"Mara is trying to move a bottle of Tylenol with her lared at him, then back at the bottle

"Ah, yes," Daniel said "I tried that once Not with Tylenol, though"

"What did you use?" Noah asked

"A penny I also tried that ‘light as a feather, stiff as a board’ game--the levitation one, you know?" he said to Noah "And Ouija boards, of course," he said to ful look

"You played with a Ouija board?" I asked slowly

"Of course," Daniel said "It’s a childhood rite of passage"

"Who did you play with?"

"Dane, Josh" He shrugged "Those guys"

"Was it yours?" I felt nervous without quite knohy

Daniel looked taken aback "Are you kidding?"

"What?" Noah asked

"I would never keep one in the house," Daniel said, shaking his head vehemently "Conduit to the spirit world, Mara, I told you"

Noah cracked a wry grin "You don’t actually believe that, do you?"

"Hey," Daniel said "Even et the heebie-jeebies now and again Anyway," he said, a sestured to the Tylenol bottle, "nice to see you giving soer, so if I didn’t have any luck--"

I refocused on the bottle and said, "Go away"