And Vanessa didn't count on theory. Nothing ever went wrong in theory, things didn't fail, there were never any little quirks or problems that got in the way of things. In theory, her own powers should have worked easily to get her out of danger but in practice she was probably lucky she hadn't broken her neck using them to escape.

Theory was one thing, action was another.

"I didn't say you were lying," she answers calmly, which may or may not do anything to help his irritation, "but I needed to make sure these powers of yours actually work before I let you use them to watch my back."