finally getting to be a hero, a few things go wrong when powers and intentions are confused, and one person pays for it.
Sometimes you're given a second chance at life. Sometimes you didn't ask for, nor want it. Sometimes, you decide to shove a stick in the spokes of Fate's bicycle just to see what happens for the hell of it. Sometimes, you just lean back and wrap your arms around your girlfriends, and laugh at life. Because in the end, why not have some fun with it all?
Regent takes the wrong thrall, and regrets it. Promise of Dawn is the name of a ship from Halo.
Alec knows his power could be just as terrible as his father's, but that would require planning. Far better to use it on simpler diversions like interrupting a cape fight for some dinnertime entertainment.