"I don't use my ability, though," Caleb says. "It's not something I can decide to use or not use."

This is an old argument, with Michael and with his parents. But he thinks he gets what Michael's trying to suggest. Instead of pulling back, he thinks Caleb should let it wash over him. That's terrifying, because it makes him think of the first few months, before he'd met Dr. Bright, when everything had been an overwhelming noise, and he couldn't focus, and he couldn't think.

"That's... I don't know, Man, it's... What if that just makes it worse? Like, say Clint's over, and we're, we're kissing, and we both start to get, like... O-only then, I'm feeling it, and I'm feeling him feeling it, and it's starting to stack, and..." He puffs out a nervous breath, trailing off.