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Moment of Awesome - Everett Thomas/Synch : Ev and Matt Murdock experiment with Matt's powers. No-one's brain explodes. "Clint still sees," Ev said, walking slowly around the mat to get a feel for the space. "With you, though, I expect my brain to process input entirely differently. Hopefully this won't give me a seizure . . ." That was true. The input methods were vastly different, "All I can tell you on that is I break the MRI machine," Matt explained, "I apparently process so much data at any given time without even thinking about it, that analyzing my brain is....difficult. Same reason it's hard to read my mind," so a seizure was a possible, but unfortunate, possibility. "As long as we have the hot doctor with the force field powers on standby, I'm sure I'll survive." Though he did not need to be close, Ev followed the sound of Matt's voice and stopped a couple feet in front of him. Neither could see his aura glowing as it reached out to synch with Matt. Even blindfolded, the world exploded with ultra-fine resolution. He could smell his own deodorant, hear the locker room showers running, feel the irregularities of the foam base under his bare feet. "Whoa." And "see" Matt's face briefly luminescing in the otherwise black field of his vision. The image disappeared as quickly as it came. A clicking noise came from Matt's hand, from a little gadget similar to a canasta that he held between his thumb and other fingers. "That help?" he asked, keeping his voice low without pausing the clicking. He had learned a long time ago to use the reverberations and sound waves to replace his sight. It would be similar, though maybe not as easy for Ev. Or maybe easier. Matt wasn't sure if being able to see helped more or not. Ev almost slammed his palms into his ears to bring silence and "blind" himself again. "No no no, stop," he besought Matt, his voice barely above a whisper but still coherent. "Just, quiet for a sec. Jesus." Oops. Stopping immediately, Matt realized that it was probably more of an adjustment for Ev than it had been for him. "Sorry," he added, standing still until Everett told him otherwise. The pain subsided but the over-stimulation reverberated, and Ev still could not "see" Matt. As if he had stared into a bright light and his eyes were still adjusting to normal. "Shit," he finally said softly. "That was jarring."