Summer Educationals (Evelyn)

"There's a reason why you got paired up with me," Locke said after a minute of silence. He was the type to think of what he wanted to say rather than just blurting it out. When it was a sensitive subject he gave himself even more time to contemplate what to say next. Right now Ms. Summers had had her pride injured, he was pretty sure about that, and pushing things even more could keep her from wanting to work with him again in the future. On the other hand she needed to understand that he wasn't just spouting nonsense at her. Anyone who knew Locke could have told Ms. Summers that the boy was too logical to offer suggestions that were unfounded. When he spoke it was with purpose, not a whimsical thing. "Our powers work in similar ways. Not the earth shaping thing, but the extra sense that we have. Unless you have some sort of extra input you can't really understand what it's like. For me I don't like being in a large crowd. There's too many feet on the ground, and nobody ever really stands still."

For a moment Locke seemed to be caught in his distaste for such a scenerio. It made focusing on the earth vibrations harder for him when he was first learning how to use his powers. To this day it still required an effort on his part to not be overwhelmed. It usually only bothered him though on the days he had a migraine from too much light, or if he had not gotten enough sleep. "I know there are other X-Men who have special senses like us, or even just more beefed up ones that everyone has. But the thing is you want to learn how to defend yourself, and my powers are all about defense. The trick is learning how to make what looks like a pointless thing useful. Like those pinecones. That's why I want you to watch an old A-Team episode. They saw possibilities in some of the most ordinary things and used them to survive."

Of course the physics aspect of the show was still off. That did not detract though from the tight comradere that existed between Hannibal, Face, BA, and Murdoch. If you were able to suspend your disbelief about things like flipping cars, it was actually a good show. Some of the best moments were when the characters were serious, and you could learn some good life lessons from them. Like how you have to be willing to accept the worst scenarios to be able to push through to victory. And there were some pretty funny lines in there as well, either delivered with deliberate zaniness like with Murdoch, or played straight as was usually the case for Hannibal.