Hayley couldn't help a small and entirely mischievous grin at his comment about being possessive. It often went hand in hand with the types of people she found most fascinating, or perhaps she just appreciated seeing the characteristic buried within herself reflected back at her. But then she was back to focusing - or trying. She gave him a look to say 'shut up' and then returned her attention back to the sphere.

She stared at it. Was mesmerized by it. Hayley had never been a kid to stare at a leaf trying to make it levitate like kids she knew, but here she felt it was genuinely possible. There wasn't the same accompanying headache inducing concentration or desperation. She simply stared at it, trying to will it to shatter in a grand spectacle.

Like most times she wished she had some kind of powers, nothing happened.

After a few minutes, she looked over to Solomon again with a frown. "So that's it, right? I don't have it?"