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If someone were to discover that they possessed an ability that had the potential to endanger the lives of those around them, what sort of options would they be looking at?

Other than resorting to criminal detainment of course, and where learning control is not an option, as it simply doesn't function in a controllable manner.

So essentially what I'm asking is, is it possible to voluntarily arrange for import abilities to be suppressed? Are there any non-permanent options? What sort of side-effects could one expect from undergoing such a process?

You'll have to forgive the lack of details I'm afraid, as they aren't mine to share.

[He's asking for a friend okay. Yeah when's the last time anyone bought that. Still though, it's true.]

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Thank you.

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Nothing large-scale.

It's simply a passive ability that is either active or not, and is dangerous on contact. There are no controllable factors involved.

But there must be. What determines whether it's active or not, if not the person themselves?

Hermann is playing loosely with the phrase active or not which he should be scolded for as a scientist.

It is always active. It is always dangerous. But so long as it is not touching someone, it is not affecting them.

Attempting discretion, of which you're not assisting with.

[Sticks out his tongue like the mature adult he is]

[ Well, that makes a little more sense. ]

Well then, I suppose the question is, how likely is it that someone will touch it? Does it look dangerous?

Awareness tends to help with this sort of thing. It's hard to say 'don't touch that' when we don't know what it is.

[Lesson learned: Don't let a math guy try to talk bio.]

[Newt is terrible and a lot of talk about keeping his power secret, but he did disclose one power to your enemy Kavinsky just to obtain a dragon. We have priorities here. Are they good priorities, we don't know.]

Awareness is great, but the more people a power is disclosed to, the more I run the risk of it accidentally (and possibly through no fault of you own) falling into other hands. Given what my power is, I think an enterprising villain might find a way to use it should he or she find a way to obtain some of the material.

That said: Likely to interact with it on a day to day basis? Not necessarily. The people/animals I live with run the greatest risk and, no offense, they're the ones I'm most interested in protecting from it. And since at least one has claws and they all have teeth, it's a valid concern.

When shit goes down and the Russians or Crane or some other stupid son-of-a-bitch attacks? A good chance.

Does it look dangerous? To me, it does. To someone else, possibly, it may look abnormal. From there, depending on THEM, they either decide "it's weird therefore it's dangerous--No Touchy" or they decide to overlook that instinct to help me...at which point, while I'd like to applaud their bravery, I might not be in a position to advise how best to handle the issue.

I’m not sure how to help you, if that’s the case. I do think if it’s that much of a danger and there’s no way to keep control over it yourself, it would be worth speaking to the govt/military about a nullifier. The technology exists, and when the Russians used it on me, it was very effective.

Short of that, then raising awareness of the hazard is the best way to ensure people don’t get hurt. I do understand your desire for privacy, though, and if there’s animals at risk too, then obviously you can’t really raise their awareness.

People with infectious diseases tend to be quarantined. This sounds somewhat similar to that, but if it’s your power that’s the problem, I don’t think you’d need to quarantine yourself – just the ability.

As was somewhat elaborated on, the ability is always active, but isn't actively dangerous.

Well then, what makes it 'actively dangerous'? If this is a genuine hazard, it would help for us to know what we were avoiding.

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