It hurts a little to see him flinch, to hear that fear, knowing that everything that's happened is because of something that was done to him, is because there are still people in the world who see nothing wrong with treating human beings as disposable lab rats.
"I don't know," she says. "We don't know everything that was done to you - we're still combing through the lab to see if there's more information than the little bit we found in the vault - so there's no way of knowing if it can be reversed. We can look for that, if it's what you want, but I am not going to lie to you. There's a very big chance that the best we can do is help you learn to control it so the power doesn't leak out when you're angry, or afraid, or under stress."
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"I don't know," she says. "We don't know everything that was done to you - we're still combing through the lab to see if there's more information than the little bit we found in the vault - so there's no way of knowing if it can be reversed. We can look for that, if it's what you want, but I am not going to lie to you. There's a very big chance that the best we can do is help you learn to control it so the power doesn't leak out when you're angry, or afraid, or under stress."