[It's been a while since he's properly showed off, hasn't it? He doesn't count those spars where he kicked a bunch of teenagers asses. This is different! He's been hiding his powers from anyone he doesn't fight, and even some people he does, but Mabel...
He trusts Mabel, and there's no real way her knowing could cause a problem as long as he underlined it.]
Really? I could tell you, but you haaaaaaave to keep it a secret! [He leans in from across the table, one arm curved in front of himself as the other raises an index finger.] I don't tell anyone about this without special circumstances. This is a huge leap of faith! Promise you won't tell?
[Mabel's a little surprised he'd tell her something so secret, especially since she's been such a lame cheerer-upper so far.]
My lips are sealed! [She bounces up in her seat, leaning in and dropping her voice down into a dramatic whisper.] You can trust me not to tell anybody.
[It helps that he's a big show-off at heart who just wants to be a kid and sit and talk about things. Grinning a little more, he hops to his feet and steps a few feet away so it's like a show. He can't feel anyone coming closer with en, so he assumes his housemates will stay gone for the whole while. Perfect!
He raises one of his hands before himself, lifting it palm up.]
Hmm, you won't be able to see all of this, probably, but since I just charged up, I'll show you some of the real stuff. [As he says this, something begins audibly crackling. His hand tilts a bit, and he brings his thumb and forefinger together.
When they separate, electricity trails between them, crackling blue and white.]
I can turn my nen into electricity, and if I charge myself up long enough, I can use real electricity, too. [If she looks impressed, he'll even go the extra yard. He brings his other hand over, his fingers all touching the tips of the opposite hand before he pulls them back. The light show's a lot more impressive now, with both generic nen (that she can't see) and electricity (that she can, somehow, see-- both real and transmuted).]
[By now Mabel's seen enough from Gon and Killua that she's prepared herself for something incredibly cool to happen whenever they show off. She leans forward in her chair even more, and just as she's about to make a connection ("charging up"? static hair? wait a minute...) the electricity arcs between his two fingers.
She does look very impressed.]
No way--! [Mabel's eyes widen and she even gasps a little when he ups the light show. She's a sucker for spectacle, and the fact that this is all him-- no porter powers, no dumb amulets, no deals with an evil demon-- make it that much better. Mabel claps when he's done, resisting the urge to ask what's probably a dumb question (why keep any of that a secret when it's the most kick-butt thing ever?) in favor of asking a lot more questions that are only a little dumb.]
Wow, Killua! Is that why your hair was sticking up earlier? How do you charge? What's the part I can't see-- do you make invisible lightning?
[This is what he lives for. And it does temporarily wipe away all of his worries. He can be a kid, here, in this moment with Mabel. A lot of the time he spends with Mabel is like this, and he's appreciating it more and more. Unlike with Gon, who he tries to have this with and then always winds up in something more dangerous. Kidnapped by a gang of thieves or targeted by a bomber...
He tries to look 'modest'. Really, he looks pleased, endlessly.]
Everyone has an aura, or their life force, but not everyone can see it. I've been taught to be able to see it and control my own, and so that's how I make the lightning to begin with. The parts you can't see are me moving my nen, that's the name for the aura, to create the electricity and control it.
There's some electricity that's pure nen that you probably can't see. But yeah, I was charging up earlier! That's why my hair was a little funny, and why you can see so much of the electricity right now.
[The explanation sounds kind of weird (if everyone has this aura why can't everyone learn to use it to do things like shock people and grab sodas from across the room) but it does make a cool kind of sense. Mabel taps her fingers together absently while she thinks about it. ]
That's so cool... In my world they just talk about auras having different colors and moods and stuff. Can a lot of people from your world use aura powers [Probably not, if it's such a secret.]
[That sounds horrifying. That is too many tests, and some of them are secret? No. Hunters sound cool but she would never want to be one.]
Does it let everyone do the same thing? If it's a test it's probably got standard stuff that everybody has to be able to do, but... can everybody shoot electricity and stuff?
Oh, no. I'm the only one I've ever seen use electricity. If someone tried doing this out of nowhere, they probably wouldn't get the feel just right, and they could hurt themselves if they haven't had enough training.
Everyone creates their own abilities depending on their 'type' of nen. Hmm, like me, my nen category is transmutation. So I could change the quality of my nen... I just chose electricity myself. Gon's an enhancer, which means he can just increase his own natural abilities. So his main attack is sort of like a punch.
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If you can't do fire stuff... what can you do? Killua, tell me!
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He trusts Mabel, and there's no real way her knowing could cause a problem as long as he underlined it.]
Really? I could tell you, but you haaaaaaave to keep it a secret! [He leans in from across the table, one arm curved in front of himself as the other raises an index finger.] I don't tell anyone about this without special circumstances. This is a huge leap of faith! Promise you won't tell?
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My lips are sealed! [She bounces up in her seat, leaning in and dropping her voice down into a dramatic whisper.] You can trust me not to tell anybody.
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[It helps that he's a big show-off at heart who just wants to be a kid and sit and talk about things. Grinning a little more, he hops to his feet and steps a few feet away so it's like a show. He can't feel anyone coming closer with en, so he assumes his housemates will stay gone for the whole while. Perfect!
He raises one of his hands before himself, lifting it palm up.]
Hmm, you won't be able to see all of this, probably, but since I just charged up, I'll show you some of the real stuff. [As he says this, something begins audibly crackling. His hand tilts a bit, and he brings his thumb and forefinger together.
When they separate, electricity trails between them, crackling blue and white.]
I can turn my nen into electricity, and if I charge myself up long enough, I can use real electricity, too. [If she looks impressed, he'll even go the extra yard. He brings his other hand over, his fingers all touching the tips of the opposite hand before he pulls them back. The light show's a lot more impressive now, with both generic nen (that she can't see) and electricity (that she can, somehow, see-- both real and transmuted).]
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She does look very impressed.]
No way--! [Mabel's eyes widen and she even gasps a little when he ups the light show. She's a sucker for spectacle, and the fact that this is all him-- no porter powers, no dumb amulets, no deals with an evil demon-- make it that much better. Mabel claps when he's done, resisting the urge to ask what's probably a dumb question (why keep any of that a secret when it's the most kick-butt thing ever?) in favor of asking a lot more questions that are only a little dumb.]
Wow, Killua! Is that why your hair was sticking up earlier? How do you charge? What's the part I can't see-- do you make invisible lightning?
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He tries to look 'modest'. Really, he looks pleased, endlessly.]
Everyone has an aura, or their life force, but not everyone can see it. I've been taught to be able to see it and control my own, and so that's how I make the lightning to begin with. The parts you can't see are me moving my nen, that's the name for the aura, to create the electricity and control it.
There's some electricity that's pure nen that you probably can't see. But yeah, I was charging up earlier! That's why my hair was a little funny, and why you can see so much of the electricity right now.
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That's so cool... In my world they just talk about auras having different colors and moods and stuff. Can a lot of people from your world use aura powers [Probably not, if it's such a secret.]
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[He taps his chin as he thinks.] Everyone who's here from my world can use it, though.
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Does it let everyone do the same thing? If it's a test it's probably got standard stuff that everybody has to be able to do, but... can everybody shoot electricity and stuff?
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Everyone creates their own abilities depending on their 'type' of nen. Hmm, like me, my nen category is transmutation. So I could change the quality of my nen... I just chose electricity myself. Gon's an enhancer, which means he can just increase his own natural abilities. So his main attack is sort of like a punch.