[ He doesn't. Mostly because he's fairly certain it won't work. But Billy seems like a normal enough guy and he's not surprised by all of this. And if Adam can't do it then it's fine. It'll just be one of those things.
So he focuses. He tries to think of the kind of thing that might bring about a wall he can't see. Cabeswater had created something like that. Cabeswater that wanted to protect him. He doesn't really need that here. Not for the wind. Because his father can't reach him in a place like this. It's not somewhere he can follow, not like everywhere else, not like his home --.
He doesn't even realise it's happening. It's like a burst comes out of him and knocks into Billy. He hears the crackle of something like lightning and he sees the other boy topple off the seat beside him. Adam swears and it pulls back into his body, the bubble bursts and he jumps to his feet, coffee in a puddle at his feet. ]
Shit, shit. Are you okay? [ What did he just do? ]
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So he focuses. He tries to think of the kind of thing that might bring about a wall he can't see. Cabeswater had created something like that. Cabeswater that wanted to protect him. He doesn't really need that here. Not for the wind. Because his father can't reach him in a place like this. It's not somewhere he can follow, not like everywhere else, not like his home --.
He doesn't even realise it's happening. It's like a burst comes out of him and knocks into Billy. He hears the crackle of something like lightning and he sees the other boy topple off the seat beside him. Adam swears and it pulls back into his body, the bubble bursts and he jumps to his feet, coffee in a puddle at his feet. ]
Shit, shit. Are you okay? [ What did he just do? ]