Degrees of Control

He thought it, and then he simply did it.

Elora felt her own body temperature beginning to climb and turned to look at Gareth with a mildly incredulous expression. "Using me as a test subject? Are you trying to get into an early grave?"

Gareth gave a couple of awkward coughs, though the awkwardness didn't slow him down in the slightest.

Among everyone present, she genuinely was the only reasonable