Concentrated...willpower. Okay. Murphy could wrap his mind around that, but...it was still messed up, as far as he was concerned.

"Okay. Yeah." He nodded, showing he understood that, at least. Man, what had happened to this kid to make him lash out in a crisis? Obviously something.

"I'm sorry, I've just never seen anything like that. Not...not that a person did, anyway." He ran a hand through his hair and shrugged. "But hey. I've seen a lot of stuff I've never seen before these last few days. And...that was really great. Stunning Catbot back there."

Maybe he could earn a few points in his favor. Usually he was great with kids.