Private Finished Sink or Swim

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"Well you can." James said, He might not have actually seen what happened, but it was easy enough to put two and two together. Shivering again, he decided to boost his own body temperature, if nothing else, it would at least help warm him back up.

"So, is that like, a thing you can do now or?" He asked, Jae seemed just as uncertain as he did when it came to what exactly had just happened. He wondered if the fire had anything to do with it, maybe it was like a survival instinct or something.
 

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"Well you can." Hearing it made Jae happy. The teen took a moment to calm himself least he laugh to tears. His whole tears to pearls thing wasn't something he was ready to reveal to James just yet. "I. . . I don't know. I was so dehydrated, I just wanted the water." Jae looked to the lake and wondered the same thing as James.

"But now I know. . ." He smiled, "I'm not going to stop until I can control it on demand." He turned to James and finally realized that James was soaked and it was freezing out. "Ah, shi-bal! James! You must feel frozen. Um, let's get back to the school." They could warm up in the student lounge before trying anymore elemental experimentation.
 

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"That probably had something to do with it." James said, as Jae seemed to confirm his theory that it was a survival thing.

James raised an eyebrow as Jae popped the idea of going inside, he didn't know what "shi-bal" meant, but he guessed it was a way of saying "shit" or something. Either way, he wasn't in a position to say no, as his powers could only do so much. "Yeah, let's go." he said, before setting off in the direction of lounge.

The moment we walked into the lounge, he was hit with a wave of hot air. After stopping in the doorway, and allowing the warm air to wash over him for a moment, he went over to one of the nearby vending machines, and grabbed two bottles of water, tossing one at Jae as he took one of the open seats in the lounge. "Well, I guess today wasn't a total bust." he said as he began to warm up.
 

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They made it back to school. James must have been freezing, going by the way he soaked in the heat of the room. And Jae didn't realize how thirsty he was until James tossed him a bottle of water. Jae happily chugged the bottle and discarded the plastic into a recycling bin.

"I don't know about you but I stopped a forest fire." Jae said with a sly grin. "I'd call that a success for me." He took a seat next to James and relaxed into the cushioned chair. Either he was imagining things or the student lounge seats were extra comfortable today. "You got more color in your face." Jae said, looking at James. "Feeling better?"
 

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"Hey, I helped!" James said in mock anger, before grinning at Jae. He was completely ignoring the fact that this whole mess was his fault to begin with. "And you learned that whole water thing. At least learned you could do it." He said, taking a quick drink of water.

The lounge felt warmer than normal, though he guessed that probably had to do with the fact that he was still keeping his temperature fairly high. After a few moments he started to cool down, before giving am involuntary shiver. "Yeah, I'm feeling better. You?"
 

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Jae very politely did not point out that the fire was James fault. Which, they could argue it was Jae's for being late, but then Jae could turn around and say James shouldn't have been so impatient. But it didn't matter as everything turned out alright.

The teen hummed, "Yeah. The water helped." He felt less exhausted, less woozy. "I now know not to be late when meeting up with you." Jae teased gently.
 

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James grinned at Jae. "Yeah, and I know starting without you is a really, really bad idea." he said, before yawning. This whole mess had taken a lot of out him, and while he was warming up, he really wanted to go back to the dorms, take a warm shower and crawl into bed

Taking another drink from the water bottle, he stood up. "Man, I dunno about you, but I think I'm gonna call it a day. We've got to do this again though. Just, without the whole forest fire thing."
 

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Jae smiled lazily, "I'd like to skip that part too." The teen stayed seated for the moment, content to sit and rest. He understood it though, he felt tired himself. "I'll text you when I'm free next." He promised and waved James off. Several minutes after James left, Jae took his leave of the student lounge and headed home.

With some more practice he'll have a new power! Something he and his aunt could be proud of.
 
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