Developing Powers

Gromar's story:

The neighbours were over for dinner. Rob has no super powers but has worked with heroes. At the moment he is a stay at home dad. Carol can fly and has super strength. She is a hero liaison in our city.

Our neighbours have no problems with super powers but are finding it challenging to deal with their children's developing abilities.

Mikey is six and is super fast. When he gets running around in the back yard Lee is the only one that can catch him. The boy was worried for a moment when Lee suggested his parents give him concrete shoes to slow him down. Lee was joking but his comment highlights the fact that the parents have more to deal with than a hyper six year old.

Karly is an adorable three year old girl but she sometimes scares people with her telekinetic powers. Recently she has developed a new power.

Carol and the kids were shopping when Karly lost sight of her mom for a second. Carol said Karly called for her and she replied. Then her daughter levitated above the clothes racks and said "Now I see you mommy."

After dinner we talked about powers and the kids. Someone asked when was the optimum time for powers to develop but we had no definitive answer. Both Lee and Carol had powers in their teens and their travel powers developed during that period. Most of my powers didn't develop until my mid twenties.

It was an interesting evening and got me thinking about Paragon City again.
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