"That's my strongest argument in favor of it. I've met people here expressing frustration that they can't be of more help when we're in trouble, and I downloaded the blueprints because I wanted to help them. I remember how frustrated I was while Stacy was holding my morpher hostage."

He held up the half-finished bracer, studying it. Would he really hand it over to someone when it was finished? "But we've also seen the consequences of power falling into the wrong hands. The one who chose me was an ancient wizard with the ability to study us long before we were picked. I'm...a teenager without any sort of observation device, with thousands of years less experience, and with many faults. I think choosing teammates would be the first hurdle I needed to clear---if I chose wrong, I would pay dearly."