[It takes zero effort to drag Henry into the restroom, and not only because he's a scrawny kid who wouldn't be able to dig his heels in and resist, anyway. No, it's mostly because he has no idea what's going on or what's gotten into Alec, and yanking him to and fro is the easiest thing in the world when he's frozen by uncertainty.
He's stiff as a board when Alec ducks into his space and starts going on about magic powers.]
Wh-what?
[To avoid sounding like a broken record, he tries again.]
What are you talking about? "Magic powers?" I don't have... magic. [Maybe Alec's making fun of him. But there's something about his expression, one he's never really seen before, that makes him hesitate to believe this. He looks like he's serious. But he's talking nonsense.
Isn't he? After what he's learned he can do, maybe... Maybe not.]
But do you mean that you can... move stuff with your mind, too?
no subject
He's stiff as a board when Alec ducks into his space and starts going on about magic powers.]
Wh-what?
[To avoid sounding like a broken record, he tries again.]
What are you talking about? "Magic powers?" I don't have... magic. [Maybe Alec's making fun of him. But there's something about his expression, one he's never really seen before, that makes him hesitate to believe this. He looks like he's serious. But he's talking nonsense.
Isn't he? After what he's learned he can do, maybe... Maybe not.]
But do you mean that you can... move stuff with your mind, too?