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"But there's the rub, isn't it? If we have another Afterlife, what's to stop people from doing a reprise of what happened?" Zephyr replied, looking away as the two walked inside. "Trying to find community has gotten harder. Yeah, I'm lucky that SHIELD and the team took me in, but not every Inhuman has that."

He slowly got out from under the blanket, looking at Skye one more time as he placed a hand on his doorframe.

"So I guess it's up to us to make sure that Inhumans do have a place to be safe. Right?" He asked softly.

"I would pay to see May there or better, for May to be a part of one of your acts." The hacker grinned, she knew deep down May was a sweetheart, but she had so many walls built up that it was hard to get through to the real her.

"Something else to focus on is something I think we all need. We could do with somewhere like Afterlife, some place that all Inhumans can just be who they are and slowly integrate with the rest of humanity. Somewhere if Jenny wants to be hairdresser she can be a hairdresser, if you want to be a magician you can be a magician." She sighed wistfully as she stood and walked back inside.

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"Heh, do you think May would come, if the team did?" Zephyr joked, chuckling at the thought of stage magic being one of the few things that broke past the agent's usual stoicism.

"Maybe I'll look into it. It'll give me something to other than training and saving the world." He looked out for a moment before looking at Skye. "We should probably go back inside. That's enough introspection for the night."

Skye smiled at Zephyr's response, she knew the feeling all to well. She had wanted to change the world, help powered individuals feel like everyone else. Instead she had killed one of her best friends when she became Inhuman.

"Can't change what we are, but maybe we can change how the world perceives us and those like us." Breathing in deeply Skye turned to her a crooked smile on her lips. "You can still be a magician here, put on a show every once in a while if you'd like?"

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"The idea of sacrifice never really appealed to me, before all this." Zephyr replied honestly. "Just thought I'd get through college and find a city that wants a stage magician, and that'd be that. But now?" He held his palm out to the sky, summoning a chaotic orb of blue psychokinetic energy. "Now I'm different. Inhuman. Who knows, maybe I'll be magical in more ways than one by the time I retire the tight jeans and heeled boots." He chuckled, something both hopeful and bitter in the same breath.

Skye nodded. She knew how it felt to have everything you thought was real, right, and normal be thrown on its head and just having to deal with it.

"Honestly?" The sigh that escaped her said more than she wanted, but she still smiled. "I don't know. With what we can do, the destruction we could cause regardless of whether we'd do it or not. I don't think we'll ever be able to go back to how our lives were. But we can make a new life, one where those that come next can." Deep down Skye that those at the very top would not allow powered and enhanced people to just do what they wanted, but maybe they could change that.

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Zephyr unconsciously took the comforter and wrapped around his shoulders, grateful for the warmth. "I know. We've got a hell of a team here. And thanks again, for everything." He said softly, remembering when the Team saved him from anti-Inhuman protesters a few months back. "I just...My life is so different now. Fish oil pills, psychokinetic...whatever FitzSimmons said I can do now. It's all different, and sometimes I ask myself if I can go home after all this. Can any of us go home?"

"Oh, hey, Skye. Yeah...no...uh." The young man sighed, closing his eyes as the cold air caused a bit of a shiver. "You know those dreams where they feel so real and you're actually dreaming about the future, but you don't know until you're actually in it, and Goddess knows if you actually catch it?" It was 3 in the morning, and it was full rambling hours for Zephyr, but still. "I keep dreaming about losing my powers. And I don't know if it's gonna be real."

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"Oh, hey, Skye. Yeah...no...uh." The young man sighed, closing his eyes as the cold air caused a bit of a shiver. "You know those dreams where they feel so real and you're actually dreaming about the future, but you don't know until you're actually in it, and Goddess knows if you actually catch it?" It was 3 in the morning, and it was full rambling hours for Zephyr, but still. "I keep dreaming about losing my powers. And I don't know if it's gonna be real."

Insomnia

Padding out of her room her comforter wrapped around her loosely Skye made her way to the kitchen to grab a glass of water. She wasn't sure what had woken her at 3am, but now she was awake she was thirsty. It was then that she noticed someone out on the balcony. Slowly making her way over Skye slid the door open and stepped out, a sharp in take of breath as the cold hit her before looking to Zephyr. "Hey you, every thing okay?"

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"So, what made you want to reach out?" Zephyr questioned, looking Robbie up and down for a moment. "I'll be honest, most of those who draw power from the natural world have no time for someone like me."

He had caught the comment of his stage presence being found luring and enthralling, though he wouldn't point it out. He knew that he could be charming, but the pay wasn't the best these days. How ironic that actual magic took a back seat to illusionists.

Zephyr grinned at that, leaning forward a bit in his seat. "Well, as someone who's been both and more, I feel like I need to make the distinction. Magicians are all about stage presence, and my magic could be considered as me making my presence known to the energy around me."

He took another sip of his coffee and leaned back in his seat.

"Funny enough, I get more questions about being a magician." He joked.

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Zephyr grinned at that, leaning forward a bit in his seat. "Well, as someone who's been both and more, I feel like I need to make the distinction. Magicians are all about stage presence, and my magic could be considered as me making my presence known to the energy around me."

He took another sip of his coffee and leaned back in his seat.

"Funny enough, I get more questions about being a magician." He joked.

"Magicians or magic users?" Zephyr questioned with a chuckle before taking a sip of his coffee. "I'll admit that there's a lot of probability in what I do, and sometimes things go wild when you're doing the right thing. Excuse the pun, of crouse."

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"Magicians or magic users?" Zephyr questioned with a chuckle before taking a sip of his coffee. "I'll admit that there's a lot of probability in what I do, and sometimes things go wild when you're doing the right thing. Excuse the pun, of crouse."

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Robbie quirked an eyebrow as he looked at the other. "You know, my family has always warned me about your kind. About how...Unpredictable, you guys tend to be. Have to say...They don't seem to be the biggest fan of you."

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Zephyr flashed a charming smile at the chef before they walked away, glancing at Steve before glancing at the dish in front of them. His eyes flashed a bright ethereal blue as he seemingly searched the dish for any mystical interference before they returned to his dark brown hues.

He could have sworn that the dish hissed at them.

"Well, there's nothing magically wrong about it." The mage replied softly enough for Steve to hear. "It kinda reminds me of those pod thingies from The Emperor's New Groove."

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Steve looked at the meal that had been placed before the two of them, and yet... something about the dish looked a bit.... not that great? His eyes glanced at the younger man before giving the chef who made it to them a grateful if a tad bit nervous smile as he poked the dish with his fork.

... He could have sworn it moved and growled.

"... Is this safe to eat?"

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"Sounds like you don't know a lot of travelling magicians." Zephyr replied with a smirk, resting his chin against his fist as he looked at the other man. "I'm glad that my work allows me to go from city to city, but it is nice to have a nice long conversation every once and a while."

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"You're certainly an interesting one aren't you?" Charon smiled softly, he'd met all sorts during his long life, it wasn't often he met someone who intrigued him like the other.

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