Melody nodded, feeling relieved. She had known John would say just this, but hearing it out loud really helped a lot. She gathered herself for the details, but he beat her to part of it.
"Both? I think?" She shook her head. "I've never had so much power to draw from before, so I don't know if it was always there and I just didn't know, or if it's all new."
It was a really good question, and she hadn't thought about it before. They were all new in the sense that she'd never experienced them before. But maybe she'd had the abilities all along.
She didn't think there was any way to tell.
"I can heal damage. A lot of damage. And death energy isn't the only kind I can absorb. I can stop bullets, John. And there's this blast. When the energy all builds up to the point that I can't take it anymore, I can let it all out in a focused blast. It completely obliterated a bush."
She paused. "There's more, too. I..." Melody glanced up at him. "I don't think I can die."