Brain Pains [Locked to Jono]

[so-pregnable.livejournal.com]

It wasn't the first time they'd met. After seeing him respond to the old Jaime's post about help with resistance to mind control, he'd sought him out. They'd been meeting in secret ever since.

"So, I don't know if you saw, but I might wind up needing your help now more than ever," Kon said as he entered Royal Albert Hall, his voice echoing through the building, as he flew over to meet the mutant.

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Aye.

The advance against his mind paused there, still with Jono in control but something had to be pointed out. He even paused to speak more clearly. Kon-El. This is your mind. YOUR mind. You're stronger here than anybody else.

It was something he'd said before. But it didn't always sink in.

[so-pregnable.livejournal.com]

"It feels like it's not."

Like he was owned by someone else.

Half of this stuff was psychology, too. Working through insecurities, through fear, through letting himself be controlled when he could take control.

[psi-flames.livejournal.com]

'S easier when they give you somethin' 'at yer able t' punch, ain't it? Jono knew the feeling, though it was often real life that handed him the problems he couldn't deal with that way.

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"How could you tell?" Kon said, trying to will the changes to stop happening. "Other than the fact that I'm completely hopeless without a bad guy to sock in the face?"

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Mos' heroes what got physical powers prefer hittin' shite t' the mental stuff. It was a thing. Jono was pretty well resigned to it, but it seemed to work most of the time. Luckily, the mental stuff don' come 'round as much as the physical shite.

The breeze picked up again, playing through Kon's hair. You know this place, Kon. You know what it looks like. You know how you see it. Remember that now.