one - [video] - i'm stronger than all of this

[videocamera]

[The screen clicks on and Andrew appears, his face extremely pale except for the reddish patches of scabs and scarring on the right side of his face. There's remnants of blood below his nose and on his chin, like he just had a nosebleed and didn't wipe it off completely. Which is exactly what happened. He speaks quietly but his tone hints at both fear and anger.]

What is this, huh? What did you do to me? I can't-- [He interrupts himself with a more frantic note in his tone] Is this some kind of, of joke?

[His voice gets flatter.] I shouldn't be here. I'm stronger.

[The journal starts to shake, the picture jittering slightly. Then Andrew's nose starts to bleed again and the shaking stops, position slightly changed, now angled to give a shot of a messy bedroom behind Andrew's shoulder. His face is mostly off screen now but you can see his hands held up to his nose before the feed shuts off]

Comments

[private]

[youwillgotohell]

No. Not at first. And when he did, he took it away again. [She doesn't mention that she, you know. Fucked people up.]

My second warden returned them, though.

[private]

[videocamera]

They shouldn't be able to just... take something like that away from someone. It's not fair.

[private]

[youwillgotohell]

It's not. And he shouldn't be able to hold us here either, but here we are.

[private]

[videocamera]

Can't-- I mean, doesn't anyone ever try to leave? To escape?

[private]

[youwillgotohell]

I've seen several attempts. They don't succeed.

[private]

[videocamera]

None of them? How many have you seen?

[private]

[youwillgotohell]

I led one.

I've seen enough to know that people make mistakes when they don't plan well. [Calm your shit, Andrew, you might be useful.]

[private]

[videocamera]

[Yeah, well, he definitely has experience with poorly thought out plans.]

...I'm guessing you've got more than just a, like, theoretical interest in learning from other people's mistakes.

[private]

[youwillgotohell]

You're a bright young man, to have such a good guess.

[private]

[videocamera]

If I had my telekinesis... I could help. I could do a lot of stuff at home. [He's so bitter about this.] I was strong.

Is there ever-- Is getting a warden the only way you can get them back?

[private]

[youwillgotohell]

Usually, yes. Sometimes, something will go wrong - the Admiral will lose control, or a particular flood will come along to give your talents back. But it doesn't last.

Tell me about what you could do, at home.