"Why?" The other seemed kind enough, so why wouldn't people want to be around him? Was it... "Because of your power?"

It occurred to him only a moment after that slip that maybe he shouldn't have been so blunt about it. Maybe that was a tender subject. But... he really, really wanted to know...

"S-Sorry. I... I'm not really... uh. I can sense stuff like that. I just can't tell what kind of power you have, and... I mean..."