"Is Josh your real name?" Tyler asked. He and Josh had been talking for at least an hour, and after a while they had both grown comfortable enough with one another to lay back on the metal roof of the vessel, looking up at the stars.

"Is Tyler yours?"

Tyler laughed. "Yes, but you didn't answer my question."

"It isn't my real name," Josh admitted. "I didn't know if you'd be able to pronounce what everyone else calls me."

"I'll just keep calling you Josh, then."

There was a brief silence before Tyler asked his next question.

"Since you're..." Tyler thought it might be rude to use the word 'alien'. "Since you're not from here, is there anything special you can do that I can't?"

Josh turned his eyes from the stars to look at Tyler. "Like what?"

"Um...powers?"

Josh chuckled. "Not really."

"You sure?"

"There's one thing I can do, but it's not really a power." Josh half-shrugged.

"What is it?" Tyler was feeling that tug again. Curiosity always got the best of him.

"If I touch someone from this planet, it leaves a bruise."

Tyler frowned. "So that's why you left a mark on my head yesterday?"

"Sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you..." The alien boy looked sincere. "When our skin comes in contact, it leaves bruises. I think my mother told me about it once. Your skin doesn't react well with the oils from my skin, or something. The first couple of times, if you're not used to it, it can make you pass out."

"That makes sense, I guess." Tyler broke his gaze with Josh to look back up at the sky again.

"What about you?"

Tyler glanced back over to him. "What do you mean?"

"Any special powers?"

Tyler laughed. "No."

"You sure?" 

"Pretty sure."

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A/N: Sorry I haven't updated for the past few days, I'll be back to my regular schedule now ^-^