"Hmmm," Michael mused whilst trying to think of a way to explain.
"Unfortunately, most people can't just put away their emotions like that. Even if they do know that their emotions make no sense, they find it hard to ignore them," he said. "And people who can ignore them can usually only do that because they're suffering serious psychological trauma."
He raised an eyebrow as though daring Graham to say he had no problem ignoring his own feelings, which Michael didn't for one moment believe.
"If we were to assume my hypothesis is correct, and I am in no way suggesting it is, that you have magic would be precisely the point. Of course it could lead to other things than just jealousy. Fear for your safety, for example," he said.
"Even when they know there's a risk involved, for lots of people death may not seem a likely outcome until it actually happens," he went on. "Regardless of statistics, we all think it will never happen to us. So it's perfectly possible your mother and brother would have an emotional response to you having magic that they didn't have to your father."
"Unless, of course, you believe your family doesn't care about you at all?"
This did seem what the boy was trying desperately to believe. So far in Michael's opinion, he had nothing more than regular teenage angst.
by Michael Corner Thu Sep 03, 2015 11:38 pm
