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Assistants' Lounge, Thursday April 13

After talking to Phoebe in the morning, Bel wandered down to the TA's lounge to open it up for the day, daydreaming about payback for Allie's attack.

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Lana shrugged uncomfortably. "It wasn't much, but it was the least I could do. We all just felt so... helpless."

"Tell me about it," Bel said. "Especially being unable to shimmer. I've been doing that since I was five and it was weird not being able to."

"What's it like, shimmering?" Lana asked curiously. "I mean, it's obviously a really neat and quick way to travel, but what's it like? How do you manage to not to reappear in the middle of, say, a wall or something."

"It kinda makes people sick to their stomach the first few times they do it," Bel explained. "But you get used to it. And you learn to develop a sense of where the walls and ground are. Some demons, um, don't make it past elementary shimmering."

Lana shuddered, getting an image of Bel or some other random person trapped inside the heart of a stone. "Scary."

She hesitated for a moment, then decided to ask. "How far away can you shimmer? And do you have to know the place or a person there or... ?"

"I can shimmer between dimensions," Bel said proudly. "I can go across world in about 30 seconds. I don't have to have been there before but it's helpful. Want to try it some day?"

Lana thought for a moment, "Yeah, that might be fun. I think I'd like that."

She let out a deep breath. "What about, say... another galaxy?"

"I've never really tried," Bel said. "That might be a little too far for me. Why, you looking to visit another planet?"

Lana shrugged, looking a little embarrassed. "Stupid question, really. Just... wishful thinking."

"It's not stupid," Bel said. "It'd be pretty cool if I could do that. Maybe with lots of practice. But in the meantime there are people with ships around here that can do that, right?"

"No one I'd ask. And it's really far even by ship. It's okay, though, doesn't matter." She managed an almost normal smile. "But yeah, I'd like to take you up on that around the world thing. Maybe you and Phoebe and I could take a day and go to some exotic places. Um... can you take more than one person at a time?"

Bel nodded. "I can take one, no problem. Two I can handle okay as well. Three is pushing it."

"Well, then that sounds like fun. We could probably all use a break anyway." She smiled at him.

"Maybe if there's some time after finals and before summer school starts up," Bel said. "You sticking around for that?"

"I'm planning to. I'm just not ready to go back home."

"Any time you do need to make a quick trip home, just let me know, okay?" Bel said. "I can get you there and back, no problem."

Lana smiled at him. "You're so sweet. Thank you. Actually," she added. My club, the Weird Hometown support Group is supposed to be going to visit my hometown in a couple of weeks and you and Phoebe are welcome to join us. My guardian will fly us up in his jet and we can stay in his mansion. It should be fun."

"Sounds cool," Bel said. "Thanks for the invite. I'll mention it to Phoebe. Where exactly is your hometown, by the way, and why is it weird?"

"Smallville, Kansas," Lana replied. "And we have mutants caused by the meteor shower that killed my parents. They have all sorts of strange powers, but they all seem to turn evil."

"Power corrupts and all that, I guess," Bel said. "Well, if I'm there, no mutant is gonna have a chance to hurt you."

"Aw... you're just the nicest guy," Lana said. "I really appreciate it."

"Least I can do," Bel said.

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