Dan slowly sat down onto the sofa in his corner again, clutching the two objects in his hand:<span style="font-style: italic">He somehow summed up my life completely, motivated me to do something, and then threatened my life all in a few seconds... Damn.</span>Dan thought.<br/><br/>He rolled and tossed the washer around in his hand, getting a feel for it.<span style="font-style: italic">Maybe I can just create a localized distortion of the earth's own magnetic field... Enough to move it? Who knows.</span>He pulled a string of fabric from his clothing and tied it around the metal, then, suspending it in midair he tried to rotate it without using telekinesis. Nothing.<br/><br/>Gerhard's words of encouragement echoed through his head - "Okay..." He mumbled. It wasn't as simple as just willing it to move, though, there was something more... Something seemed to click into place and he was met with a very fine resistance - it was a very small push against something somehow... Nonexistent, but it was somehow there at the same time.<br/><br/>Putting more effort into it, the resistance gave way and the small metal object rotated and seemed to snap into place at a fixed angle. Surprised, he gasped and broke his focus, dropping it.<br/><br/>"Did you see that? I think I did that... I have to try again though - the compass should be easier to tell with." Dan squealed excitedly, grabbing the compass. He held it up with the anticipation of a child holding a gift to themselves. Repeating the process, he pushed on the same seemingly nothingness until the resistance broke down and the needle snapped to a different direction than it should. Pushing even more, the needle steadily moved in a counter-clockwise fashion.<br/><br/>"Definitely me!" Dan once again said, his voice filled with glee.<br/><br/>* * *<br/><br/>About half an hour later, he had already switched to the 'washer' and could make it spin like a top in his hand for a few seconds before it falling flat. But to his dismay a few seconds later he was greeted by a light fatigue:<br/><br/>"I'm tired already, apparently... Nowhere near in shape to take down an entire government body yet. I should really go inform Doctor Amato on my progress." He stayed to Gerhard, although not actually looking at him before jumping up and walking to the rooms.<br/><br/>* * *<br/><br/>"He's in that room over there, sleeping." One of the nurses pointed out to Dan as he made his way over to the room. He entered to find that the nurse's words rang true. Dan gently shook the doctor's shoulder and waited for a response.<br/><br/>"I have some good news! My operation worked!"