[He snorts softly at her teasing, but the rest earns her a faintly curious look. Why is... Does she think he blames her? He's not sure how that would make sense, but okay.

He looks at his hand instead, as if he'd find anything different in the lines and scars there to explain away the change.]

No, I know that. Of course. It's not your fault my powers are like this. I think they might've started out this way when I was a kid, too, but I just... had less, at the time. After a while, it just... started being useful, so I didn't think about it anymore.