"Better awe than fear, right? Though I'd probably take either over getting poked and prodded. Your Rurik sounds like a good guy. I had one 'doctor' at the facility who was convinced I was an alien, but they reasoned that any life form that got this ability through evolution would probably also be impervious to fire - since I could burn myself, I was human." She shook her head, rolling her eyes. "Can you do it with any intense emotion, or just the bad ones?"