"You're not going to punch me." She said. "I have better control than you do, and I can make you lose all interest in punching me before you even reach me." That was probably a slight overestimation of her abilities, but she could dodge him enough times, too, to lower his emotional need to punch her before he caught up to her and really did. Melody was skilled. She had gone through all eight years of schooling at Willowbrook, which provided a far better education in power control and combat than anything the Syndicate provided.
"You need to get used to it. It's not even all about letting it control you. You need to control it, because when you can? That's when you can strengthen your abilities, too. Take them to heights you didn't know they could reach." She had learned a lot of things, once she started to own her trigger and use it to her advantage. She also had a particularly easy trigger - jealousy. It was easy to be jealous, particularly as a girl.
She didn't give him warning this time. He said he was ready, so she went ahead and increased his anger levels - quicker than before. When she was reaching his limits, the danger zone, she slowed the increase and made it more gradual. Just in case, she stood tensed, making sure she was ready to jump out of the way if Joel tried to come at her.