his eye for a moment, before giving his head a shake. He's not a baby, he's not going to start breaking out the tears. ".. Twice now they've asked me to join willingly.." He says, clearing his throat. "I guess that's a step up from simply tracking me down. Claudine, that asian girl, she knows I'm Omega. I saved her once from a group of thugs who were trying to beat her up in the park. She showed me some kind of earth powers. She had fairly good control at the time, I think she'd.. be ridiculously dangerous."

When the hug tightens, Elena smoothes a palm down his back, and gives him another squeeze. She lets him go when he leans back, however, and nods. "Terrakinesis, huh?" she says,turning away from him for a moment and sliding her hands in her pockets. Her eyes narrow a little bit. But if Drake was getting teary, she pretends not to notice. He was a guy. He had his pride. She looks over at him and she nods. "Do what you have to do, Drake. Short of killing anyone. No one could fault that of you, not even God," she says softly. "At least, that's what I believe anyway. If her control is good…" She pauses, a determined look falling over her face. "Then we're just going to have to make sure yours is better." She grins at Drake. "Come on. It'll be fun. It'll be like that training montage in the first Rocky movie." She attempts to get