"Electricity is predictable," she explains, lifting a shoulder. "It will always take the path of least resistance, through whatever material that happens to be. In most cases, with very little change, that path is through me: once I have it it's easy to manipulate. It's like a language. Once you learn the sounds, putting them together is a piece of cake."

"I enjoy most of what electrokinesis gives me. There are some side-effects that suck."