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their offspring and,” he rolled his wrist, “fast forward a couple of decades and like cancer, it’s spread and what you see now is the result of genetic mutation.”
“And all my weird powers? Part of the mutation too?”
“Ahh,” he wagged his hand, “kind of. No one is inherently magical. DNA is a really complex thing, strands and strands of code. Each strand is responsible for one aspect of who we are. Those of us with the mutation,” he finger quoted, “had a recessive gene already in place that flipped like a switch.”
Sable hadn’t gone to a traditional school, hadn’t even gotten much learning in all actuality...but she wasn’t stupid. “So what you’re saying is the potential was always there, but—”
He nodded. “Something had to kick start the process. It’s different for each person and I couldn’t honestly tell you what does it, only that that’s how it’s done. Starfish Prime flipped the switch not only on humans, but the land as well. That’s not to say however that there weren’t already altered humans before that, there were, but not nearly so many. Prime was a cataclysmic event that spurred on a cataclysmic change.”
Maybe she wasn’t hiding her confusion so well after all, because he forked his fingers through his hair and said, “you’re lost.”
She nodded and pinched the bridge of her nose. “You’re right, that was mind numbing.”
He laughed. The sound rich and deep, like velvet coated in honey. Against her will she felt her lips twitch, she wanted to hate him, but it was so much easier to like him. That was something about Hunter that felt so familiar. Too familiar. Like she’d known him all her life, only she’d forgotten, until he showed back up but instead of things being awkward they were right for the first time in her life.
“How do you know so much anyway?” she asked, pressing her back further into the tree. He confused her, all of this confused her. She didn’t like it, but what she’d seen back there… ignoring this wasn’t the answer.
“Time hopper, remember.” His brow quirked. “I’ve got the benefit of being able to travel to the start of all creation and see the very first blade of grass form and shoot from the earth.”
“How do you do that anyway? Time jump? Is that part of your magic?”
“Magic is nothing more than science unexplained.” His lips twitched, he was clearly enjoying himself.
“Whatever. You know what I mean.”
“My powers,” he stressed with a twinkle, “are matter manipulation. Einstein’s relativity theory set the speed of light as the universal speed limit, showing that distance and time aren’t absolute, but instead is affected by one’s motion. Basically, imagine space time as a large two dimensional surface that I fold into a third dimension creating a bridge.”
If brains could get charley horse’s hers was in the mother of all cramps. She was tired of saying huh, what, explain that. She felt like he should be wearing one of those shirts that read: I’m with stupid, and an arrow pointing right at her. She plastered a smile on her face and nodded dutifully, pretending she had a clue what he was saying.
He clucked his tongue. “Your eyes are going glazed on me. You don’t have a clue what I’m talking about, do you?”
She scratched the back of her head. “Sure I do, you’re a time hopper. ‘Nuff said.”
Memo to her, if he ever mentioned that something would be mind numbing again she’d run far, far away.
“So now do you believe, Sable?” he asked.
“I’m confused. But I can’t deny what I’ve seen. Part of me believes, how couldn’t I? But...it’s so much to digest.”
“I know.”
She sighed. “So, I guess maybe you should tell me the rest, but please do me a favor.”
“What?”
“Don’t get all scientifical again.”
He crossed his heart. “Boy scout’s honor.” Hunter sat on grass that was thick as a plush woolen rug. “We fought together, you and I, what
“And all my weird powers? Part of the mutation too?”
“Ahh,” he wagged his hand, “kind of. No one is inherently magical. DNA is a really complex thing, strands and strands of code. Each strand is responsible for one aspect of who we are. Those of us with the mutation,” he finger quoted, “had a recessive gene already in place that flipped like a switch.”
Sable hadn’t gone to a traditional school, hadn’t even gotten much learning in all actuality...but she wasn’t stupid. “So what you’re saying is the potential was always there, but—”
He nodded. “Something had to kick start the process. It’s different for each person and I couldn’t honestly tell you what does it, only that that’s how it’s done. Starfish Prime flipped the switch not only on humans, but the land as well. That’s not to say however that there weren’t already altered humans before that, there were, but not nearly so many. Prime was a cataclysmic event that spurred on a cataclysmic change.”
Maybe she wasn’t hiding her confusion so well after all, because he forked his fingers through his hair and said, “you’re lost.”
She nodded and pinched the bridge of her nose. “You’re right, that was mind numbing.”
He laughed. The sound rich and deep, like velvet coated in honey. Against her will she felt her lips twitch, she wanted to hate him, but it was so much easier to like him. That was something about Hunter that felt so familiar. Too familiar. Like she’d known him all her life, only she’d forgotten, until he showed back up but instead of things being awkward they were right for the first time in her life.
“How do you know so much anyway?” she asked, pressing her back further into the tree. He confused her, all of this confused her. She didn’t like it, but what she’d seen back there… ignoring this wasn’t the answer.
“Time hopper, remember.” His brow quirked. “I’ve got the benefit of being able to travel to the start of all creation and see the very first blade of grass form and shoot from the earth.”
“How do you do that anyway? Time jump? Is that part of your magic?”
“Magic is nothing more than science unexplained.” His lips twitched, he was clearly enjoying himself.
“Whatever. You know what I mean.”
“My powers,” he stressed with a twinkle, “are matter manipulation. Einstein’s relativity theory set the speed of light as the universal speed limit, showing that distance and time aren’t absolute, but instead is affected by one’s motion. Basically, imagine space time as a large two dimensional surface that I fold into a third dimension creating a bridge.”
If brains could get charley horse’s hers was in the mother of all cramps. She was tired of saying huh, what, explain that. She felt like he should be wearing one of those shirts that read: I’m with stupid, and an arrow pointing right at her. She plastered a smile on her face and nodded dutifully, pretending she had a clue what he was saying.
He clucked his tongue. “Your eyes are going glazed on me. You don’t have a clue what I’m talking about, do you?”
She scratched the back of her head. “Sure I do, you’re a time hopper. ‘Nuff said.”
Memo to her, if he ever mentioned that something would be mind numbing again she’d run far, far away.
“So now do you believe, Sable?” he asked.
“I’m confused. But I can’t deny what I’ve seen. Part of me believes, how couldn’t I? But...it’s so much to digest.”
“I know.”
She sighed. “So, I guess maybe you should tell me the rest, but please do me a favor.”
“What?”
“Don’t get all scientifical again.”
He crossed his heart. “Boy scout’s honor.” Hunter sat on grass that was thick as a plush woolen rug. “We fought together, you and I, what
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