Selkie Cove, Monday afternoon

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After classes, Michael had headed straight for the beach, to the remotest emptiest part of it he could find.

If he couldn't control his powers, he reasoned, the best thing to do was use them up every day.

Several unfortunate rocks were fragments before too long.

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Ino had made a stop at the common room, actually cooking--well, okay, it was just soup, but hey that was more than she normally did--before tracking Michael down, carrying a thermos.

She had no intentions of giving up. Ino watched him for a few moments, trying to decide what to say first.

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She got a bare glance in her direction, and he stopped before destroying the next rock.

"Ino."

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"Michael," she said levelly, "don't stop on my account."

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"Fine."

He turned back to it, focusing.

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She watched him, shifting slightly from one foot to the other, and feeling exasperated.

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She'd have to be the one to talk next.

He had a Purpose.

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"This is silly," Ino snapped after a few minutes of this, "I'm not going away."

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"Why did you come?" he asked without turning.

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Was he serious? "Because I wasn't going to stay away," Ino said simply.

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"You said that. Not very good at listening, are you?"

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"Only when it suits me," Ino said, narrowing her eyes at his back, "got a problem with it?"

Brilliant Ino, snark at him.

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"When you show up here while I'm trying to practise, yeah."

...practise. Yes.

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"Funny that," she observed, "considering I'm supposed to be helping you practise, and you mentioned before about planning to blow up rocks with Teddy so I'm not sure how, exactly, I'm a distraction."

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"You're teaching me to meditate. I already know how to do this. Teddy needs to learn other things."

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"Michael," Ino said flatly, "could you at least look at me, please?"

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His chosen rock splintered, and he finally turned to face her.

"There. Happy?"

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"Delighted," she said, thrusting the thermos at him, "have some soup."

Yes, she was serious. Terribly earnest about it even.

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"...you brought me soup."

That was halfway between amused, dubious, and incomprehension.

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"I did," Ino said, slightly flustered, "so you'd better take it."

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He did, unscrewing the top absently.

"You know, the point of this is to use my energy."

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"You still need to eat," she said stubbornly, "and you left pretty much straight away after class."

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"I had breakfast", he said just as stubbornly.

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"Not good enough for someone your height and weight," Ino argued right back, "you need a lot more food than someone like me."

Who... had eaten a cereal bar and a glass of milk so far today. Oh, and tea. Ino wasn't mentioning that to him though.

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He wasn't giving the soup back, she might notice, and he actually took a sip.

"I was gonna stop while I can still walk."

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She put her hands on her hips, glad he was having the soup, but not willing to drop it.

"That's not good enough," she insisted, "what if you misjudged? You didn't even tell anyone where you were going!"