Manipulating without manipulating

Alexandria's lips tightened; it was doubtlessly a deliberate show of annoyance, and I grinned at her. I could have made the both of them happy and content to be working with me, but that would have made them second guess themselves and worry about how else they'd been compromised. Leaving them feeling like they were the ones who'd been unaffected while actually affecting them was a lot more satisfying.

An immunity to most Master powers was inevitable for Alexandria considering that a lot of her thinking was done offsite. I imagined that using Hatchetface's power on her would be devastating mentally, because not only would she miss out on the enhanced thinking she'd depended on for decades, but she would probably be missing large swathes of her memory.

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Fruitful