Rhen laughed along with Rivers giving her head a shake listening to him continue his story. "Yeahh.. Apologies, bad choice of words there. It was a common phrase in my hick town growing up and every once in a while, those damn phrases creep back up." She listened in as he spilled out his background to her. " You really have a daytime soap storyline on your hands there with your grandma and her dealings. I'm sorry to hear about your parents though, River. I know it probably doesn't resonate but their passing isn't your fault., even if it was a slip of your powers."<br/><br/>She felt a wave of sadness at the turmoil in his past and she knew what it felt like to grow up without parents, but she wouldn't press him further to talk about it or them. "I guess if we are all different, that makes us the new normal." she shrugged and switched lanes to move around the vehicle that insisted on driving dangerously slow under the limit. "Everyone back at the homestead is really special. Each new power that joins us always amazes me. Most the time people don't really get how strong they actually are. But Celeste is a pretty damn good at helping them tap into it all and control it." She was looking forward to seeing what Chris could do with once he got control of his gift. Rhen hadn't seen anything quite like it.<br/><br/>"I knew when I was little that I was different. I was raised by my aunt who has similar powers to me. She helped me control them when they came in so I lucky, at least in that area. I guess my hit story line tweak would be the whole curse of twin's thing going on. My aunts' powers came from the Earth and most living things. Her sister's powers were more like Celeste. It came from some dark entities. I don't know much about that side of things. I just ride on the back of mother nature and make things shiny and electric." Rhen was careful not to call out that the aunt's sister was her mom. The details were there but without putting too much thought into it there was a possibility it could've been overlooked.<br/><br/>She turned off the exit, seeing the sign to their destination only 1.3 miles away, "Do we need a code word for when we get in here? A signal of some sorts that lets the other know we have to make an excuse to bail out? You tell me game plan. She's your relative. I'm just here for free peppermints in the lobby." She was teasing about that last part, although she would totally take a peppermint if they were sitting in the lobby. (<a class="username" data-user-id="4899" data-username="Zory" data-xf-init="member-tooltip" href="https://blackdahliaroleplaying.com/members/4899/">Zory</a>)