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We might not get a satisfactory one for a while.

[ Nothing about what the Storm does is even remotely predictable. ]

Have you made any attempts to talk to the Orbiters? They seem suspiciously hard to track down.

I have, I made a personal request of them recently.

[ The fact that he's even mentioning this to 76 is invitation to ask him about it. ]

Which was what?

[ Oh yeah, he's asking. ]

They can grant you abilities.

So I've heard. What did you ask them for?

Something that prevents me from being controlled by a telepath or someone with related abilities.

[ HMMMMM. ]

You've had a run-in?

Plural.

Mind-readers.

[ Oh. Well, that's alarming. ]

Sounds like a story worth hearing.

If you've got a beer, I've got time.

I can make that happen. Where?

[ GPS ping to a location. A quiet bar, not one inclined to see violence, most nights. ]