Hey, it's me, open up. So that's how it's going to be, huh? Fine, leave the door closed then, if that makes you happy.
But we really need to have a talk, you and I. You can't keep avoiding me forever, you know, and they don't want you to feel like you have to. I'm sure you just need some more time to come to terms with what I did to you, but I've noticed how tense and stressed out you are, and I don't like seeing you that way.
I don't like knowing that I'm the cause of it. So let's fix this, clear the air between us. I want you to feel at ease around me, I want us to get along.
God, I feel so stupid talking to a door. Please just let me in, please. I only want to talk, I promise.
I'm not going to put you under again, and unless you want me to, I could make you forget and make all of this go away, if you like. Okay, okay, I won't, jeez, I was just offering. Then let's just talk, alright? Just open the door and let me in.
No, what do you want from me? I just want things to be normal between us, is that so much to ask? What's it going to take to make you stop treating me like some kind of monster? I can't help the powers I have, and I need to use them to become stronger.
But I swear to you, I won't use my powers on you ever again. Not unless you give me explicit permission. Now, will you please just open this damn door? I can't just leave you alone.
I understand that you're afraid of what I could do to you, but you're being way too obvious about it. I need you to stop, and I need you to stop now. You're going to make people wonder about why, and I don't need the kind of attention that will bring.
I can't have anyone find out what I can do. If word got around, I could be in serious trouble. So I need you to be cool, alright? How about you open the door and we go get dinner together or something? You have to eat anyway, and we can go somewhere nice and public, so you can trust that I won't try anything, and we can just hang out and get to know each other a little better.
No, I am so tired of this. You would think I did something horrible to you, but it wasn't so bad now, was it? I mean, you have to admit that it felt good when I put you under my spell, did it not? Come now, be honest with yourself.
Think about it. Think about what it was like. You were looking at my pendant, and it was so beautiful, so memorable.
I wonder if you can still see it in your mind, my pendant. The shape of it, the color of the gemstone, the way it caught the light as I dangled it in front of your eyes, spinning it slowly around and around and around. I am sure that you remember it very well, and I am sure that you remember how good it made you feel, to look at my pendant and to listen to my voice.
And it's alright if you are starting to feel that way again, it's perfectly alright. Just listen to my voice, and let your mind drift back to that wonderful feeling, that wonderfully pleasant, familiar feeling of sinking, it makes you feel so comfortable, so warm, and safe, and relaxed. It's so nice to let go of everything and to just listen, and you know that you don't have to pay attention to everything I am saying to you, that you can just let my voice wash over you, let my words slip directly into your mind as you sing for me, floating away on the sound of my voice, being carried along and sinking deeper and deeper, deeper and deeper down, sink for me, sinking deeper and deeper, feeling so wonderfully floaty, and heavy, and sleepy, so very, very sleepy, and that's alright, because you can just go to sleep, sleep.
Can you hear me? Good, open your eyes and stand up and open the door. Finally! I did promise I wouldn't use my powers on you, and I haven't, yet.
I don't need my powers to hypnotize you, but they do make it so much more convenient. So, I want you to give me permission to use my powers on you, whenever I feel like it. Look at me.
You give me permission, not for me. Good, that's good. I'm glad that that's out of the way.
You really should have just agreed to talk to me, you know. Go lie down on your bed, on your back. Let me just sit right next to you.
There we go, perfect. Now, I want you to give me permission to use my powers on you, whenever I feel like it. I need you to look into my eyes.
That's it, eyes on mine. I've got you completely at my mercy now, you do realize that, right? You are on a comfortable bed and nobody is going to disturb us for hours.
I could brainwash the ever-living shit out of you right now. And believe me, after the trouble you gave me, I am tempted. If I felt like it, I could rewrite your entire mind.
By tomorrow morning, you would remember and believe whatever I wanted you to. But I am not going to. But I want you to know that I could.
I'm not even going to make you forget about, well, everything. Even though I probably really, really should. It's just that, I don't think you would ever forgive me if I did something like that.
You wouldn't know about it, of course, but I would. And you're the closest thing I have to a friend. I don't want things to be a lie between us, though.
So, please, don't make me regret this, alright? Wake up, all the way up. Well, this is a bit awkward.
Let me, let me get up. I'm sorry about hypnotizing you again. I did just want to talk.
But you didn't leave me any other choice. Why do you care so much anyway? Do you want to hurt me or betray my secret? I don't want to hurt you.
Do you want to hurt me or betray my secret? I didn't think so. So, what does it matter if I make it impossible for you to do it? It's not that I don't trust you, but… Alright, it is a little bit of that.
There's always the chance you reveal something by accident, even if you don't mean to. And, it would be far from the first one to lose control of their power and really hurt someone. I don't see why I should take risks like that, just because you don't trust me.
Look, if I wanted to turn you into my slave or something, we wouldn't be talking about this. The only reason you're able to wonder about what I could be doing to you is because I'm not messing with your mind all that much. Trust me, if I wanted to really control your mind, you wouldn't even realize it.
Besides, I had the perfect opportunity to completely take over your mind, and I didn't. So, stop worrying, alright? I'm not some kind of villain.
So, truth? You act normal around me, and I don't turn your brain into mush. I will let you remember everything, and I won't mess with the way you feel.
Deal? Oh, thank you. Finally.
I'm really glad, actually. So, truly, thank you. And just so you know though, I am still going to be brainwashing you.
You'll know about it, and I won't do anything that's off limits, but I'm still going to do it. I have to practice and get better, and do things that are challenging. Like hypnotizing you to.
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