"People like you?" He echoes, frowning a little. "People they slap a danger label on?" He hates the way the world works in ways like that. Maybe she had done something to deserve it, maybe she'd done nothing at all; but treating people like caged animals instead of people who need to be seen and heard and feel valued, tends to backfire pretty massively.

"It is, it's a huge obstacle and an unfair one to need to work around. But it's unfortunately how the world works." He pause and grabs something from his toolbox before setting back to work. "Accidents shouldn't be held against you that way, either. People just like to feel they're in control, and when you add abilities like ours into that mix, they let the fear guide their actions." In some ways, it's surprising there hasn't been more of an issue with metas back home.

With a soft click, the collar separates and he unhooks it from her neck. "There."