Kassy saw Reece's reaction, and smiled unseen. He'd almost wet himself, and she'd barely begun. Where Pulse liked to punch his way through a problem, she got great satisfaction in making an opponent defeat themselves. Concentrating, she started to push at his mind again.

[i]They think you're crazy, Reece. Maybe you are crazy. Do you really think someone who hears voices is going to last long? Look at him. He could break you like a glass bottle. I don't doubt that he will kill you with his bare hands when the time comes. Maybe not this time. Maybe not even the next.  But that man will be your death if you continue on this path, that's a fact.
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She had him good and scared. Now was the time to press the advantage.

[i]Run, Reece.[/i] The words echoed, 'run' bouncing back and forth in his head over and over. [i]Run away, before they decide your mouth breathing isn't worth the trouble. Take your things, wait until they are distracted, then run run runRUNRUN[b]RUN[/b][/i]

Pulse wouldn't like her if he knew how easily she could break a person from inside out. He would distrust her, just like everyone else. Or worse... he would like it. The dark possibility of her magic, and everything she could accomplish if she really, truly used her full power. He'd want her to do more terrible things.

No. All things aside, Pulse was her friend. He'd always be her friend, whether she wanted that or not.