"Maybe that's true," Gio agreed, but he'd already had powers proven to him several times. "The first time someone mentioned they could do something strange was when someone told me they could see the future, and I didn't believe him. But he told me the strap on my bookbag was going to break, and then he texted me a second before it happened. Then, a couple days later, someone else showed me how she could make a paperclip stick to her arm, and she moved it with her mind." Or maybe it hadn't been her mind, but Sasha hadn't been touching the paperclip at the time. "There's no way I can't believe anymore."
Rory's suggestion was a good one, however. If all of Liz's sons came to her and demonstrated a unique power, she would have to believe them. That way they would have multiple pieces of evidence that wouldn't involve outing anyone who wasn't okay with it. Gio knew that if one of his friends asked him to prove to their parents he could do a special power, even if he liked and trusted said parents, he would feel very hesitant indeed.
"I've never tried it." Out of all of the things he'd tried, he hadn't tried using sonar. It had never occurred to him because it was so silly, but he supposed he should have considered it way before now since he worked so closely with Mao at the movie theater, and Mao was obsessed with Batman.
"You'd think if it was more widespread than the island it would be obvious people can do these things. There's only so much time you can hide something like this." As Gio spoke, he stood up and dug into his pocket for a quarter. "So, in the name of science, I'm going to try out echolocation. I'm going to toss this quarter at you with my eyes closed."
Gio closed his eyes and began to spin in place quickly several turns, and by the time he stopped he seemed a bit unsteady on his feet. Rory would see him in profile, as Gio was now facing the side of the room to his brother's right. While trying to fight down a flush of embarrassment rising in his cheeks, Gio whistled, loudly and clearly, then paused, straining his ears to hear anything at all.
Nope, nothing. He turned, opting to use intuition instead, but that didn't work as he flicked the quarter at Rory's bedroom door – almost completely opposite of where Rory himself sat. Gio opened his eyes at the sound of coin and wood colliding. "Okay … don't think sonar is my power," he said, going to retrieve his quarter before he sat down again.