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[agirllost]

It's a good connection. She feels the source and smiles, knowing no pain, only joy.
She had no idea it could feel this way and for a moment just luxuriates in the sensation.
She's so wrapped up in her work that she doesn't notice the door open.

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[action_antihero]

Jack hasn't seen Kim in days, nor has he heard anything from Nita or Angela on the subject. Whether she wants to see him or not, he's getting rather worried.

He knows she won't like him showing up, but the thought that maybe if he just persisted in seeing how she was doing, perhaps she'd eventually come around. So sometime after dinner, he heads up to Kim's room and knocks on the door.

There's no answer, but he knows she has to be in there--the light's on under the door. He tests the knob and finds the door unlocked, opening it slowly.

"Kim?" he says, hesitantly, sticking his head in the door and gaping at what he sees.

The light isn't turned on; the light is Kim. She's sitting on her bed so that he can see her in profile, and...well, she's literally glowing; a soft, golden glow that emanates from her entire body. What's more, she's passing a small flame from one hand to the other

[agirllost]

Kim's focusing on weaves of fire, and bouncing the flame from one hand to another. She barely feels the heat, and it's small enough that she's not worried it'll engulf her.

She's careful not to take in too much of the One Power, although she now understands Selae's warning. Touching the source like this, she's happier than she's been in a very long time. It could be addictive, if she's not careful.

Her smile widens as she continues the exercise, missing the familiar voice calling her name and the sound of footsteps coming toward her.

"Kim?" She barely recognizes the voice and she turns her head slightly, just enough to lose concentration. Instead of Saidar slipping away, she watches in horror as the flame misses her left hand and continues its journey.

It only takes a second.

[action_antihero]

He watches in horror as the ball of flame misses her left hand, and instead flies toward his, too fast for him to pull his hand back. Only without Kim's powers, he doesn't have any protection against it.

The the fire dissolves almost as soon as it touches his hand--almost. It's not soon enough to prevent Jack from feeling a searing pain in his hand and wrist, and as the flame dies, he can see the skin on his hand has turned bright red, a few small blisters already dotting the surface of his palm.

He has a moment of staring at it dazedly, before the pain breaks through his shock and he bolts for the bathroom, immediately shoving his hand under cold water.

[agirllost]

She tries to pull away the heat, but isn't fast enough, not nearly, not even with time feeling stretched out, and Saidar winks away as she watches the flame engulf his hand for an instant. Time abruptly returns to normal and she's thankful that she can't see or smell his injury the way she could if she was still embracing the Source.

Her eyes widen and her breathing gets faster and shallower.

"Dad?" She's on her feet, running after him, "Dad...Dad, are you okay?" She'll never be able to get that image out of her mind, the look on her Dad's face as he realized what she was...what she could do.