Re: [Ren's apartment.]
"I don't think it's about using your powers, Ren, not really. I think it's about just accepting they're part of you. They're just like your fingers and toes. They're like the books you like to read, and they're like the politics you believe. They're your accent, and they're the way your voice sounds. They're the way you slouch on the couch when you're upset." She smiled at him. "They're just part of Ren. They're who Ren is. Whether you use them or not, or what you use them for, that's something that comes after, I think, accepting that they're kind of not optional." It was easy for her to compare it to herself. She was what she was, and it had taken a long, long time for her to accept that. But acceptance was important, and Hannah knew that.
She knew he wanted to interrupt, to protest. She would've wanted to protest her characterization too, she was sure, and it probably wasn't really easy to sit and listen and listen. But he'd asked, and that meant he wanted to know, and so she was open as a door tossed wide in a windstorm. This is what she saw, and she said it all quietly, but firmly, and she waited for him to reach for the bottle after.
Quiet, quiet, still, she waited, knowing he would talk when he was ready. "I think power, having power, is maybe something you need to learn to use and control. I think it's probably normal to want to hurt people that hurt you, or that hurt people you love, or that are bad. I think, even, sometimes, it's human nature to want to hurt people to get what we want. I think most people don't have the power to do the things they think of in the dark, in their minds, when it's quiet and no one's with us. You do have the power to do those things, and that means you can control whether or not you do them. But, Ren, I might not be the best person to give moral advice," she said honestly, because this was important, and she didn't want to mislead him about who she was. "I think some people are bad enough that they don't deserve to be here, and I'm not always a good person. I think we're supposed to believe in trials and justice, and I don't know that I do. I just wanted to say that, since someone like Claire would be better at telling you to always do good things."