[He shakes his head, a shallow motion.]

No. I didn't know anything.

I wasn't much older than you when that happened. Maybe five years your senior. I'd only had my freedom for a few years. But all I knew was that my power frightened people... and that the more that time passed, the harder it was for me to hide it around normal humans. It grew inside me faster than I knew what to do with. No matter what I looked into, I couldn't find a way to contain it, or to stop it.

Eventually, I lost control.