punching outsiderss

“No,” I said. “Not until I get something on this whole starborn thing.”
His jaw flexed a couple of times. Then he said, “I told you. You were born at the right time and place. As a result, you …” He sighed as if struggling to find an explanation. “Your life force resonates at a frequency that is the mirror opposite and cancellation of the Outsiders. They can’t take away your free will. They’re vulnerable to your power. Hell, you can punch them and they’ll actually feel pain from it.”
Well. A kick to the sort-of face had made that cornerhound flinch for three-quarters of a second, anyway. “Let’s call that one Plan B.”
“Good idea,” Ebenezar said.
I frowned. “This starborn thing. It happens all the time?”
The old man seemed to think about that one before he answered. “Once every six hundred and sixty-six years.”


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