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What to Learn?

Danny took weeks to decide, in which his powers caused many painful moments for him. Falling downstairs through his bedroom floor, destroying his model space ship, and spilling a whole pitcher of grape juice on in the kitchen were enough to slap him in the face for not controlling his powers. Wishing to prevent similar moments, he told his parents, who were already geared up to help.

"Are you ready, Danny?" Jack asked.

Looking around nervously, the teen replied, "Are you sure we won't get caught?"

"Yes Danny, it's after labor hours, none of the skeleton guards are around, and Dark still hasn't installed any cameras or microphones." Maddie said.

"Okay," Danny agreed.

Maddie pulled out a paper and a pencil. "The first thing we have to do is figure out which powers you could work with. We can start with the powers that we've noticed are giving you problems."

"Great, just the way I needed to start this, paperwork," Danny commented, rolling his eyes.

"Danny, it's so we won't forget anything," said Jack.

"Like I can forget. But I guess you're going to make me do it anyway." Danny grabbed the paper and wrote:

going through stuff

invisibility

green energy blasts

Danny looked up. "Do you think glowing eyes, and blue breath occasionally accompanied by a cold shiver count?" he asked.

"I'd put them down just to be safe," Maddie told him.

glowing eyes

blue breath

shivers

"That's all I know I have," Danny admitted. "I guess we're done with this step."

"Yes, but if you have powers that aren't acting up, you wouldn't exactly know about them, would you?" his dad asked.

"Dad! I have six powers on the list, and I don't have any ideas on learning any of them. Do you really think I need more? Besides, I don't know what else to put down."

"They're not for now, Danny" Maddie explained. "They're for future reference, to give you an idea of what you could possibly be able to do in time. Just write down what you've seen other ghosts doing, just with their own powers, of course."

"Fine, but I still don't see the point," Danny mumbled, adding to the list flying, super-strength, possession, controlling objects, and turning into a monstrous form.

"Okay, Danny, do you see any powers you want to work on first?" Maddie asked.

Danny answered, "Yeah, but I'm not sure which I want: going through stuff, or green energy blasts. Going through stuff is painful and annoying, but the energy blasts keep hurting other people and destroying stuff."

"Well, which can you live with for a while longer?" Maddie prompted.

"I guess I can go through stuff unexpectedly for a while. I'd like to work on the energy blasts, but I don't know how to use them on purpose."

"We've noticed you don't know how to use them, maybe we should find what we do know about them before we start."

Snorting, Danny responded, "That's easy, they glow, hurt people, and destroy things."

"I thought we knew more about them than that, Danny," said Jack.

"I don't think I know any more than that, Dad."

"I'll tell you then!" Jack declared. "They're hot when they hit people, it's made of ectoplasm, (trust me, Danny, I've studied the residue,) and it's the same color of your eyes are when you're mad."

"Okay, I think we've done enough for today," said Maddie. "Bed. With any luck, Danny might be able to figure out the power he's working on before next week."