"Nope, I had no control whatsoever when it happened," Cicada let out an exsaperated sigh before falling back on her bed. She lifted her bandaged hand towards the ceiling, "It's scary to be honest. Not having control over your body or, fire, as you hurt others."
"Have you ever tried to practice with it?" Phoenix asked her softly, turning his head over to her when she flopped back. He felt bad, but he knew how dangerous she could be. It was honestly scary to think about. So he didn't. "Tried to work on control?"
"Yeah, when I was younger I worked on it a lot," Cicada replied glancing over at Phoenix, "Actually when I was younger I used it a lot, but then my house burned to the ground so I stopped. You're smart you can put the two together. But I haven't actively used it since, so no I don't try to work on my control over it."
"Well, we should. So we don't have any more accidents." Phoenix mumbled, trying not to sound like her helicopter parent. He just didn't want her, or anyone else to get hurt. It could be worse the next time. "We could go somewhere with water, if you'd be up for it."
"I don't know," Cicada said after a moment of hesitation. She didn't know if she would be able to control her… Thing even with the security of water nearby, "I don't want to end up accidently hurting you."
"If I find a way to protect myself, would you consider it?" Phoenix asked her softly, leaning back a little bit on the bed. His face was relaxed, as he sunk into his thoughts for a solution.
"I, yeah I would consider it," Cicada eventually said after moments of silence. If he could protect himself than she would at least consider it.
"Then I'll figure something out. We can worry about that later." Phoenix hummed, smiling over at her. "For now, you should probably get some more sleep. You didn't get much earlier."
"I don't need sleep," Cicada responded sitting up in a swift movement looking over at him. She didn't feel tired at the moment, "I feel fine. Now I've spilled my life to you, tell me something that most others don't know bout you. No pressure to do so though."
“Something most others don’t know?” Phoenix asked in a mumble, knowing he needed to. He needed to tell her something. She had told him almost everything he was was wondering about. “I… have you noticed me being odd, about… about looking over people’s heads?”
"Yeah, you did the same thing to me first time we met," Cicada looked at him curiously. What was he getting at? Is there some invisible thing floating above everyone's head? "Do have a thing with haor?"
“Uh- no. That’s not it. I- I can…” Phoenix was looking for words, trying to explain without sounding like a psycho. “I can basically tell how dangerous someone is, on a scale from one to ten… I know it’s odd. I have no clue where it comes from.”
"Oh," Cicada finally responded after collecting her thoughts. He could see how dangerous a person was, how dangerous did his ability rank her? She wasn't going to force him to tell her, that seemed stupid, "That's, um, cool I guess."
“No, not really. I feel like a creep for knowing.” Phoenix mumbled, resting his chin on his palms. “When I say everyone, I mean everyone. Myself included.”
"I mean, that makes sense, but you can see your own?" Cicada asked curious now. Well, she was curious earlier, but now she was more curious, "What is it? If you don't mind me asking?"
“My number?” Phoenix asked softly, looking over at her with a slight frown. “Sadly, I’m a four from the last time I checked. I’m no opposing threat. I can barely take care of myself.”
"Heh, and you want to mother me," Cicada laughed a little before spotting his frown. She rubbed at her arm a little, "Sorry, I was just curious, that's all. Your ability sounds kind of useful."
"I don't see it being useful… there's no need to sugar coat it." Phoenix told her, face still dropped down in his palms. "And I know I shouldn't be trying to 'take care of' you, I just… can't help it."
"Hey your fine. I was just poking fun at you, I can stop if you want," Cicada responded getting slightly concerned about Phoenix, "But your ability does sound useful. You can judge whose dangerous and who isn't so it's easier to avoid dangerous people."
"Yet I seem like a wimp." Phoenix mumbled, kicking at the ground. "But it doesn't matter. I'll get over it, it's no big deal." He shrugged pushing up from the bed. "Do you wanna go for a walk around the campus?"
"I, sure. I can go for a walk," Cicada stood up from the bed and stretched a little. She smiled over at Phoenix trying to cheer him up, "Come on. Let's go."
A smile peeked up on his lips, as he held a hand out to her. "I can lead the way… once we're out of the building. If you could lead us downstairs once again, that would be lovely."
"I can definitely do that," Cicada responded with a little laugh taking his hand happily. She began to make her way to the door unlocking it, "Where do you want to go?"
"I dunno. I don't really have anywhere specific in mind." Phoenix shrugged, trying to pick a place to go. "We could go to the same place we went yesterday. Or back to the library."
"Or we could wander around?" Cicada offered opening the door for Phoenix to go through, "That would be fun as well."
"True… I just don't normally do that." Phoenix laughed lightly, stepping through the door. "Even when we were out and about in town, I had a set destination in mind."
"Well maybe we should try that," Cicada laughed a little with him shutting and locking the door behind them. She had a smiled on and began leading him through the dorm to te exit, "You know, just wander the campus. I'm a bit more impulsive ya know?"
"I'll probably map a destination anyways. But we can try." Phoenix hummed, holding on to her hand tightly in his own. He was like a little kid, anxiously waiting to start going. "You should probably lead."
Cicada laughed again as she made her way down the stairs and through the front door bringing Phoenix with her. She had a huge grin as she looked out on the sunny world, "Alright. Let's get lost!"
"Yeah… let's get lost." Phoenix repeated, not as assured as Cicada had sounded. Though if she was sure, he would follow behind her. He had told her so.