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"What the heck were you thinking, leaving the hospital like that?!" Judy chewed me out as Johnny and I were brought down to the station. I looked at her in the rearview mirror and lifted my handcuffed hands to hold up two fingers.

"Because one: I was perfectly fine, and two: if there was more than one blast, there'd be more Conduits around. That's where I can help, since they'd most likely trust me much easier than a 'normal' police officer." Next to me, Johnny nodded, his eyes still darting around the car. Apparently, he wasn't too fond of being arrested. To be fair, though, neither was I. I kept having flashbacks to the last time... the time my sister tried to protect me... She was only twelve...

I managed to shake myself free and quickly pushed the thoughts away; I didn't need to remember what happened to her.

Roughly half an hour later, the two of us sat in a pair of holding cells; what they were holding me for, I didn't know. Contempt of authority or something? Johnny was in the cell next to me, where he was currently rocking back and forth on the steel bench in a small ball, muttering to himself that it'd be okay soon.

A buzzer sounded as the doors opened, startling both of us; Judy and Nick stood nearby with a giant bull standing behind them, his arms crossed.

"So..." the bull said, looking me up and down. "...you're the one who talked mister Howler over there down?"

"Not really 'talked', more 'convinced to trust', since we're both conduits." I said, lifting my hand and allowing a few sheets of paper to form into a small ball in my hand, which I then tossed to the cop - who, judging by his badge, was the police chief here.

"Conduits?" He said, glancing down at the ball, then at the sheets of paper now orbiting my open palm.

"A... being, I guess you can say, who can absorb and manipulate some sort of element." I explained. "a Conduit's powers also evolve in response to how they're used; if someone uses them to simply restrain enemies instead of killing them, their abilities become more defensive and slightly less physically harmful. Killing, on the other hand, will cause them to become more offensively based and become more efficient at destroying foes."

"And your element...?"

"Paper, obviously. The living lump over there controls glass." I added, the paper sinking back into my body as I jerked a thumb in Johnny's direction. The wolf apparently hadn't moved other than his rocking, too lost in his anxiety to notice anything.

"Well, I hope he likes that cell." The chief said, straightening. "He's going to be there a while on theft and assault charges."

"Whoa whoa, hold on!" I protested, hopping to my feet. "Yes, he tried to steal, but it was only some food - which meant he was hungry! Anyone would have done the same in that situation!"

"He still shot the shopkeeper with glass."

"Because he was scared! I mean, just look at him! He looks like he's having a breakdown right now!"

"And?" The chief raised an eyebrow. I was quiet for a few seconds.

"Alright, how about we make a deal?" I said, looking him in the eye. "You let him go free, and we'll both help you track down any more conduits who cause trouble. Deal?"

The chief stared down at me, though I could see the gears turning in his head. I was able to peacefully resolve a situation involving a glass-manipulating unknown-factor, but at the same time, I was just as much of an unknown; I was fairly positive either Judy or Nick had told him about my lockpicking, too.

"Fine." He finally grunted, turning and walking out of the cell before turning and fixing me with a stern glare. "But if you try anything..."

"You got it sir, no funny business." I said, straightening up and saluting. The bull turned to the other two officers in the room.

"Hopps, Wilde - you two are in charge of them." He said before brushing past them to exit the room.

The two cops glanced at each other as I stepped out of my own cell and enter Johnny's to try and convince him that everything was okay.

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