[David would applaud him for using the adaptive tech to suit his needs, but that might be condescending, and if there was one person he didn't want to cross that line with, it was Balthier.]

Well, that magickal box seems to be helping, so I won't join it.

[Then the shoe dropped. Society. Of course he had. David's smile falters for a moment. Though as Balthier explains why he knows he can understand. David has the same issues with the rules and the like.]

Back home, I told you my people aren't really liked. It was worse than that. They actually tried to make this law that would force us all to be listed on a registry. We managed to keep that from happening, but afterward, there was this incident. All people with powers had to register them with the government, or be criminals. It was a hard time, if I'm honest. I get it, not wanting to be beholding to other's ideals. Both sides scare me.

[And yet he doesn't think he could handle the life of the unregistered. Though it was the chance that he could that had him here, doing this. Trying to figure out what he could and couldn't get away with.]

I... I guess I should warn you that if it comes to it, no matter who I do or don't join, if I find you out there, hurting perfectly average, normal, kind people, I'll have to stop you.

[It was a line he'd drawn with Damian. Of course he wasn't about to admit to Balthier that he'd sort of... then helped Damian figure out what rich assholes it would be, within David's own moral beliefs, be more okay to target.]

You still want to be friends with me, knowing I'd have to draw that line?