[ The problem is maybe that Flynn is used to scary-sounding powers now. He remembers, fuzzily and with a certain embarrassed tinge, leaning back against John with something warm buzzing through his veins, asking if John could feel his heart and delighting in the fact that, apparently, he could.
The thing that had taken him over— that was an alien thing altogether. Something else, something untrustworthy, wrenching and grasping without care or empathy. It was, in fact, nearly the opposite of Olympia herself, and so maybe it's those two things (trust and godhood, or something like it) that put Flynn's racing heart at ease.
He holds out his hand with a soft, determined smile. ]
I'll be very quick. If it will help, you should do it. I trust you.
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[ The problem is maybe that Flynn is used to scary-sounding powers now. He remembers, fuzzily and with a certain embarrassed tinge, leaning back against John with something warm buzzing through his veins, asking if John could feel his heart and delighting in the fact that, apparently, he could.
The thing that had taken him over— that was an alien thing altogether. Something else, something untrustworthy, wrenching and grasping without care or empathy. It was, in fact, nearly the opposite of Olympia herself, and so maybe it's those two things (trust and godhood, or something like it) that put Flynn's racing heart at ease.
He holds out his hand with a soft, determined smile. ]
I'll be very quick. If it will help, you should do it. I trust you.