I nod. Bowling, sure. I can pretend I know what the hell that is.

Easily enough, I follow her example. The toss is too hard and bounces against the top of the enclosure and ricochets down into the well in front of the buckets with the point values. Damn it.

It's her turn now, so I hand her the next ball and stand back.

"How do your powers work?" The question seems sudden, so I add, "you said I could ask you anything."