"Oh sure, so violence is the only answer." Sure, Cullen looked up to Batman and Midnighter, and his own sister was a costumed crimefighter, but Cullen himself believed that there were other ways to get things done. Defense was as good as offense, in his eye.

Granted, Harper had kind of protected him through violence, and so had Batman. Cullen pursed his lips for a second.

"Thanks for filtering whatever you were going to say," Cullen said, finally. "Alright, fine. Let's give this...song thing another go." He rubbed his hands together and yelled, but it was just a yell. A few people turned to look at him, and he took advantage of it by redirecting them into a more orderly fashion. It lasted all of a minute, if even that.

"Yeah, I don't know how to access the power," he looked at Alessandro. "Any tips, since you seem to have so much more...experience...with life than I do?"