[Aww, man. That halts her. And this would be the part where, if she was less self-conscious about her powers, she'd just sit down on the corner of his bed. But she is, so she doesn't, though her eyes soften a little. Okay, a lot.

And she does sit back down. And for once, she opens up. Just a little. Just - hopefully - enough.]

Hey. They had an actual hate poster out for me a few months ago in my world. A big military operation, just ta catch us - an' after that was over, it was a fight just ta get us back in school.

[Her tone turns wry, slightly self-mocking.]

I was never exactly the most popular gal in class, but this was somethin' else. The whispers would only stop ta be replaced by big, scared eyes, like I was gonna drain 'em right there, even though I'd been in that school for nearly two years without touchin' a one of them. So that's its own brand of a poster, right there.

[And she smiles softly.]

There's nothin' wrong with bein' who you are, an' it took guts to admit a lot of that ta me. I'm proud ta know you, Billy Kaplan.