Lux wasn't sure what he was seeing in front of him, but as his fear grew, so did the reach of his powers. Under the ground, he could feel bugs and larvae dying, along with the roots of trees outside of his circle of rot and death. He didn't want to do this, he knew just beyond the trees he was damaging were houses full of people, and he didn't want to kill anyone. But the terror, the sheer fear that was gripping him, it was like throwing gasoline on a fire, it was like...
Then he felt a touch, and didn't remember why he was afraid.
Flopping back on the grass, the exhausted boy was too tired to move, having been drained by his own powers. A man was talking now, he wasn't sure bout what, but he wanted to take a nap right here and not wake up for a while.