“Honestly, yeah. That makes perfect sense - as weird as that sounds.” Teddy said with a hearty laugh. As the laughter fade, he looked at Ahura with a quizzical expression. “Your powers sound… terrifying.” He stated honestly. If someone could die just for thinking something, it was an unsettling notion and Teddy couldn’t help but feel uneasy.
As the talk about the council resumed, Teddy just shook his head slightly. “How exactly are you supposed to seduce someone you just barely met? That doesn’t even seem like a reasonable expectation for them to have.” He remarked. Ahura’s comments about their advanced technology was interesting. The idea of being able to procreate regardless of gender pairings was amazing, honestly. Teddy didn’t know of any equivalent tech within the Empire though. “I think we’re still bound by the traditional methods.” He stated with a purse-lipped frown.
Another smile on his face. “I like you too. It’s nice to know another member of royalty that I can actually feel just… normal, around.” Teddy shrugged. “So,” He clapped his hands on his knee caps lightly. “What kind of fun were we going to get into?”
“I think weird is my new normal or it’s always been honestly,” he chuckled. “Powers, plural, and they should because my dad could literally destroy the world if he spoke so much as a sentence. So that’s why he doesn’t talk at all, and communicates telepathically, but sign language is fine too.” Ahura explained. “My list is like, telepathy, empathy, power absorption, force field, energy blasts, sonic scream, flight, matter and energy manipulation, mind control, soul splitting, remote possession, body possession, material astral projection, psychic constructs, and last but not least my evil eye, which means I can literally kill with a look.” Ahura sighed. “But don’t worry, I don’t use any of my powers for personal gain. So I split my soul in a way which is more like I created a psychic phantom that entered kang and if he ever desired to hurt my people and alter the timeline, my phantom would like end him. I was about 13 or 14 when that happened, and I think it was rather drastic, but it was either than or my entire people would be wiped off history.”
“I’m sure they would just tell me to get creative,” Ahura laughed. “maybe they think I could do it with my oh so amazing dance moves,” He smiled, nudging Teddy slightly. “Reasonable is not part of their job description honestly, and that also goes for most of my family. You haven’t seen how much my aunt and my mom go at it, they bicker so much, and they take low blows. But that’s family you know,” he shrugged. “Well just know that they can’t force you to do that, plus if I were ever put in that spot I’d just remind them that it would only take a look to end them all, it’s scare tactics but it’s effective, but hey I wouldn’t deny you our technology if that’s what you wanted, but I think we’re both way too young to be thinking about having kids. I still feel like a kid, honestly. That’s part of being royalty, knowing that you should always have the upper hand too, because if someone even senses a moment of weakness they’ll try to use it against you, which is why my dad is a fair and kind king but don’t think he won’t smack you down if he needs to.”
“Honestly, I feel the same way, a lot of people don’t get that we’re kind of bound by certain things that are out of our control,” he mumbled. “You are normal, and really cool.” he laughed. “Have you ever been to a gaming expo as a vip and could get to play all of the new things early? Plus take home actual copies of unreleased games super early along with the consoles they’re for?”
