Zack turned the X factor over like a stone. "If it's metabolic… if whatever this is can feed cells that aren't supposed to have a source…"
"Then people start running faster," Zoey said. "Seeing in the dark. Waking up different. And nobody wrote the user manual because nobody knew there was a product."
Stan watched a cluster of students at the next table pass a phone around, the night-vision kid's interview already clipped and captioned. The boy in the clip looked embarrassed and a little luminous, as if he were apologizing for a talent he had not applied for.
"They'll invent manuals," Stan said again, quieter. "Some of them will be useful. Most of them will be stories people tell so they can sleep."
Zoey glanced at him. "Damn but really, this super power like thing is crazy. really..."
