consequences of haste

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He'd intended to refrain from using anything other than telekinesis until he'd got at least the bones of the new system in place, but.

But conversation with the Bar confirmed that Milliways's built-in safeguards would step in to regulate his magic use in lieu of his magic being able to regulate itself. It would, after all, require a remarkable series of stacked coincidences for Milliways to sustain any kind of damage; nothing Jim could do now would be anywhere near enough to set off that kind of cascade.

He still takes the precaution of having a room with extra buffers set up, just in case.

There is, of course, nothing Milliways can do to prevent Jim from injuring himself as he practices, and he finds very quickly that without his own system to guide his focus, his control over anything non-telekinetic is exceedingly poor.

It was worth experimenting with, anyway. And at least the infirmary is handy.

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He pretends to fumble with tube and gauze for the sake of appearances before putting the tube back in the drawer.

The bloodstained gauze he leaves on the counter.

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Of course he does. John expected nothing less of him.

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On his way out, he pauses long enough to look back at John and say,

"Whatever you think it is you've won, it's not going to be worth it."

Then he's gone.

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John doesn't bother to reply. He just glares and scowls some more before gloving back up and cleaning up the mess.

Which seems to be his lot in life quite frequently these days.