Private Finished Late For Dinner

Aedan sat in Nia's dorm, he'd brought her dinner as usual, he'd always enjoyed talking with his surrogate sister. They had a relatively constant schedule, he'd bring her her meal at about the same time every evening when they ate in, but today Nia seemed to be late.

Pulling his phone from his pocket he'd check the time, she was at times a forgetful girl, her memory problems were there, but she'd usually been there on time for this. He'd glance toward the door, his nose twitching slightly, to early to worry, he assumed she was likely in the library again, caught up in her desire to learn.

He'd look over at the stack of books her plate of food sat upon, new ones he'd brought her today, mostly art and poetry books with a few other things mixed in. Aedan knew she loved to read, as did he, his enhanced intelligence was allowing him to get through books quickly as well as push through his college studies at an accelerated rate.

Aedan was observant, his glowing eyes were sharp and picked up on a lot, so he immediately noticed something different about her when she entered. The way she moved, the way she spoke, the look on her eyes, she came off as calmer, almost older even, all that combined with the mention of a boy caused him to mentally raise and eyebrow.

Hopping from his seat, he'd crouch down and hug her, smiling a bit, "it's ok, I haven't been waiting long really." Aedan would set her meal on the coffee table, "brought you some new books as well, saw a new bookstore on my way here, so I took a quick look, grabbed a few things."

The young man would take his seat again, his eyes looking over Nia once more, the small girl had always been mature, but this was different. "You said you met someone helpful?" he'd ask, curious and perhaps a little concerned, something strange was going on.

"Mind healing ability?" he'd raise an eyebrow, he was always suspicious of any mind altering ability, "and you let him use it on you?" His voice and facial expression showed worry and concern, he'd remember the boy's name, just in case he event needed to look into him further.

"That's not safe Nia," it did explain her odd behavior, which was also giving him the strangest sense of deja vu, it was all concerning. "You shouldn't let people you don't know use abilities like that on you, know idea what they'd do or how it'd affect you." He didn't view her as fragile, she was strong, but as someone who'd had his mind twisted he was naturally suspicious of such things.

Sighing a little he'd look her over, "are you feeling ok? Anything different?" even if the boy had good intentions forced healing could go very badly, especially if you aren't ready for certain things.

He'd raise an eyebrow and the squint at her for just a moment, this was certainly different than the Nia knew. He liked the idea of her becoming less timid as she developed and grew into her own, but this was to fast, and there was something familiar about it all. "Well.....," he'd hum a little in thought, "be sure to tell your therapist about it, so they can make sure everything is ok."

Rubbing his chin, his intelligent mind tried to find the source of the familiarity, but he wasn't able to find any memory of Nia ever acting like this and thinking on it caused his head to hurt after a while. He decided to let it go for now, or try to anyways, it'd stay in the back of his mind, like a mental itch he couldn't reach.

"Wait...where are you getting these numbers?" Nia was smart, he'd always known that, but calculating probability was something very advanced indeed, "are you....are you calculating it all in your head?" A new ability maybe, he himself had enhanced intelligence so it wasn't that unusual.

"A...an ability?" he'd ask, looking her over, this wasn't right, she wasn't acting like herself, and this new ability popping please was troubling, "he.....hmmm....yeah something you remembered." He was worried, that much was clear, but there was nothing he could do at the moment.

"Either way....I'm proud of you for running," he'd say, and he was, incredibly proud, despite these strange developments. "You'll have my vote, and I'm confident you'll win the election," give her a reassuring smile.

As they talked, Aedan continued to get the strange sense of familiarity, that itch in the back of his mind, that odd deja vu. He couldn't shake it, so he'd make a mental note of it, and look into it later, though there seemed to be nothing to look into.