( Quentin, just tell him to shut up if you need to, Matt would understand. he's just a talker, okay?? it'd probably help Matt to actually sort more pieces of debris if he would just stop talking, he just can't. he's fascinated, trying to make sense of a concept that seemed impossible until just recently.

Matt can't quite relate to not understanding abilities until late into adulthood. he's had his super senses since radioactive waste got dumped on his face when he was 9. it makes him wonder about the magic in Quentin's world, if it was something latent or something anyone with knowledge could access. )

That late? Interesting. ( Quentin doesn't sound particularly old, so it seems like a more recent development. which matches up with his mention of not doing anything on this scale before. ) I think most kids want to believe in magic. Adults, less so, at least in my experience. I'm not sure why.