"They're as hard as a rock and..." she grunted as she tried to push them away from each other, "I... can't budge them at all! How did you ... even learn to do that?"

"Well, it's... not really something I learned. It just kind of happened. I can freeze time at will."

Her eyes were as wide as a water polo ball, her jaw hanging like it was about to fall off. She must've stared at me for several minutes, while I just smiled at her and nodded to let her know I was, in fact, telling the truth. Once she got over the shock of how casual I was...