He might've argued the stupid point if only due to the lack of education, but then she gave him the most dreaded test of all. He froze momentarily, biting his lip. Fine control was not his forte. He was too new, he - Dolemeck, think of having friends, an education, not being alone, actually being able to talk to someone and laugh for the first time in his life. This was too important to freeze up right now.

Ilya took a deep breath and tried to pick the coin up. Instead, a chunk of metal from the floor around it, as well as the coin itself, rocketed upward and hit the ceiling. He managed to keep everything but the coin from hitting the ground, because he'd blocked rocks from unstable mines before, but the coin was too light, and hit the floor anyway. After a moment, everything else shattered into tiny pieces and exploded everywhere, unable to stay airborne with that much outside pressure pushing on it. The metal glinted in the light as tiny shards rained down.

For a moment something flashed through his head, glinting light like this, and the sudden sensation of being freezing cold hit him, as it so often did. He blinked, dazed, and then came back to himself as he realized he'd failed the test completely.

"...can I try again? I can do better, I promise!" Please don't kick him out, he had two whole conversations yesterday that didn't involve SHIELD or the government, he can't go back to how things were!