## Heroes Save the World, ch. 19: Chailai Chaidee [null]

* Author: u/callmebrotherg  *now posting as /u/callmesalticidae**
* URL: https://heroessavetheworld.wordpress.com/2016/11/11/not-too-small-ch-6-chailai-chaidee-null/
* Score: 8

* Created: 2016-11-11T06:16:46

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### Comments:

> **u/nicholaslaux** [+5]  (9 hours later)
> 
> So I'm starting to think either the power giving process discriminated and only chose altruistic and intelligent kids, or it rewrote how their brains work when giving it to them, because we've really yet to see a single character with powers acting (internally) selfishly, which is increasingly seeming less and less likely.

>> **u/crivtox** [+5]  *Closed Time Loop Enthusiast* (11 hours later)
>> 
>> Or maybe the  caracteres we are being shown are the more  altruistc and  inteligent kids so its selection bias? But It sound plausible that whatever gives the powers choose them especially  because their altruism or something

>>> **u/semiurge** [+4]  (12 hours later)
>>> 
>>> Maybe it's not just altruism but desire to change the world in general (and a shared birthday) that makes the kids recipients of powers, and we just haven't seen any of the assholes yet.
>>> 
>>> As a corollary, it's plausible that the strength of their altruism/desire is linked to the strength of their power. Hannah is focused on her siblings' welfare, and she can disappear coins. The two kids who want to save the world have death-precognition and possibly biological reprogramming.

>> **u/callmebrotherg** [+3]  *now posting as /u/callmesalticidae* (13 hours later)
>> 
>> I can neither confirm nor deny, but I am really happy to see some theorizing going on. [Have a cookie.](http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/icarly/images/b/b3/Delicious_cookie!.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120524171041)

> **u/MonstrousBird** [+3]  (4 hours later)
> 
> Ooh, this is getting really good.

>> **u/callmebrotherg** [+2]  *now posting as /u/callmesalticidae* (13 hours later)
>> 
>> Thank you! I'm so glad that you're enjoying the story.

> **u/semiurge** [+3]  (6 hours later)
> 
> I have the uncomfortable feeling we just met Mr. Flesh-Forest.
> 
> Also, it's good to see another non-child perspective character.

>> **u/callmebrotherg** [+3]  *now posting as /u/callmesalticidae* (13 hours later)
>> 
>> > I have the uncomfortable feeling we just met Mr. Flesh-Forest.
>> 
>> [Have a cookie](http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/icarly/images/b/b3/Delicious_cookie
>> !.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120524171041) for theorizing. 
>> 
>> (Not to say whether you're right or wrong, but I **think** you're the first reader to suggest that the Giger trees were created by an empowered kid.)
>> 
>> > Also, it's good to see another non-child perspective character.
>> 
>> Thank you. I wasn't planning yet to have another non-child pov character in the next sequence, but I'll see what I can do there (I'm sure that there's room), and I'll definitely make sure to include more in the future.

> **u/Zephyr1011** [+3]  *Potentially Unfriendly Aspiring Divinity* (14 hours later)
> 
> Damn, that was a powerful final line

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