“If I was all that great at finding the positives and sticking to them I might be a little better off. I really should take by own advice.” Elijah said. “I’d say it had something to do with the abilities but I’ve seen some who live in sunshine land.” He rolled his eyes.<br/><br/>He didn’t say anything as Jules commented on where they were. He had found it by accident not long after coming here. As he had told Jules, the constant bombardment had started to reach a peak that he just couldn’t handle no matter how loud he played his music in an attempt to drown it all out. He had wanted to be alone, away from it all despite being confined to the property, and when the empty hallway had been discovered, he took the opportunity without a second thought. He didn’t share his quiet sanctuary with others, though if they found it on their own there wasn’t much he could do about it. Jules didn’t seem like the kind to go blabbing to others, turning the place into just another hotspot.<br/><br/>“I can’t say I knew anyone prior to this place with abilities, unless, as you say, they were doing a really good job at hiding them.” Elijah knew where she was coming from with the whole ‘freaks’ concept. He had called himself that on numerous occasions, directing a lot of hatred at himself at the beginning. “My parents had to come up with a good reason as to why their son had a total freak out one day. Not sure how they managed to not make me any more of a freak than I already was.” Elijah shook his head, dropping his gaze to the ground below. Way to look to the positives.<br/><br/>As they both fell silent, Elijah tried his best not to focus too much on what thoughts he was getting from Jules, a difficult process considering she was the only one up here, making her thoughts the loudest and clearest of them all. He stopped himself from blurting out another apology, having planted in a way some of these ideas, but the subject wasn’t dwelled upon for too long. Stilling his hand, he lifted his head to face Jules as she spoke.<br/><br/>He bit back his ‘sorry’, none of this lead to easy answers. It would have been so much easier to have just made small talk, but when one had abilities and were now residing in a facility specifically for those, they were going to be a conversation point whether one liked it or not. Listening to Jules explain how her dreams had started, Elijah couldn’t help but feel sorry for her. Nightmares themselves were never fun to deal with, especially as a kid, but to find out that they were true and not just all your imagination like your parents told you? It was understandable that she had been freaked out.<br/><br/>“Dreams alone are weird things, just look at Freud trying to understand them.” Elijah shook his head again. “Geez that’s rough. I’m sorry you had to go through all that.” He couldn’t imagine experiencing that himself, and the fact that it had only gotten worse? Well, there could be unless good event that took place, not every dream could be a nightmare. But from the sounds of it most were.<br/><br/>When she asked about how his own abilities had made themselves known, Elijah stood up, crossing his arms.<br/><br/>“I didn’t think much of it when it started, wasn’t much more than an annoying drone really. And being pretty much deaf that wasn’t too uncommon.” He started. “Got to school, nothing different there. But then I kept hearing...things. Not voices exactly, but they just kept getting louder and louder, and there just seemed to be more of them until I couldn’t take it and ran out. Made a scene I guess you could say.” A half hearted attempt at a laugh followed. “I couldn’t go to school after that, or out really. Even at home there was always noise that only I could hear. Took a while before I found out I could push it all back a little with these.” Again, he gestured to the headphones. “Blast music, tune out the world, try to focus on your own thoughts instead of everyone else’s in the near vicinity. And now we’re here.” Elijah concluded with a shrug. He wanted to include a comment on how this may not be any better, but he had already been a pessimist long enough with that topic.<br/><br/>“I’m really selling the place aren’t I?” He gave a small chuckle. “Welcome to your new home and all that. Sorry I forgot the party.” Elijah said, attempting to lighten the mood if only a little.