[Counselor's Office] The Stars Have Aligned

Nia blushed, her eyes turning away momentarily from Aedan. Her voice was so weak and soft and she didn't even have an accent. He must have just been saying that to be nice.

She covered her mouth and giggled a bit as the little lights fell around them. She suddenly felt like she understood those videos of children playing in bubbles.

She blushed again, the fear that normally filled her face slipping away to be replaced by genuine joy. "Thank you." She was still timid in her words though, especially since she wasn't quite sure she deserved the compliments.

She noticed the boy's sunglasses though and they confused her slightly. Nia wanted to understand things that confused her, "Um...why do wear sunglasses inside?" She had a pair of sunglasses. They were one of only three items she was found with but even she knew that you didn't wear them inside. There was no sun in here after all.

So far, Nia only saw good in this boys power. It made her smile and laugh and that was not something that happened often.

Nia's smile faded a bit as she saw the boy's expression change. Her brow furrowed and she nodded understandingly. "Oh..I understand. I can be very scary sometimes..." She let out a small sigh as her thoughts began to slip away from the joy the blue lights had brought and back to the reason's she was currently waiting outside the counselor's office.

Nia could understand that. The first people who had seen her visions had not reacted well either. One of them had attempted an exorcism on her. It hadn't worked...

"It's okay. I'm afraid of scaring people too." It seemed these two strangers had more in common then either of them could have guessed.

Nia looked up at him and gave a small smile. If his eyes were anything like his power then she was sure she would like them. She didn't say anything just nodded reassuringly. She didn't want him to feel pressured but she also wanted him to feel free to be himself.

When she saw his eyes, Nia's own filled with awe and amazement. It was probably the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. She imaged that all the amazing things he had just made all came from his eyes. They seemed to spill out wonderful light.

She giggled a little bit, blushing, "They're terrifyingly beautiful." That was probably the first attempt at a joke the girl had made since arriving on the island just over a year ago. Part of her wanted to reach out and touch them but she also knew that people usually didn't like their eyeballs touched.

Nia liked the smile that played on his features now. It made her feel like she had done something good. That wasn't something she often felt.

She let out a sort of heavy sigh, "If that's the after affect of your powers...your very lucky." Her abilities were not nearly so gracious to her. A small shudder ran up her spine as her mind reminded her of all the "after affects" and "prior affects" of her visions.

She blushed, shaking her head slightly, "Oh...no my eyes are.." She cut herself off, realizing she was being rude. "Well, thank you." She didn't see much in her gray eyes. To her they seemed just as dull and drained of life as the rest of her body.

While she didn't really see it, she looked much better then when she had first arrived on the island. She had gone from being almost nothing but skin and bones to something resembling a real human. Her cheeks had filled out some and her hair had regained some life (though she still never brushed it). Her skin even had some color to it now, where before it had been pale in an unhealthy way. A lot of things had improved but a lot of things had also gotten worse.