Furious, Alan charged towards Oliver, who frantically searched for some way to get away from him, but only found himself being trapped in the corner of the bedroom ... in full panic-mode.
Fearing for his life, Oliver yelled out "Stop!" Imagine his surprise when Brenda's husband froze in place. Oliver gently pushed himself off the wall, then carefully approached Alan. He actually did it. He affected the mind of a man. But why couldn't he do it before? He thought for a moment and came to the conclusion that perhaps because he was fearing for his life and had a rush of adrenaline, it caused his "power" to strengthen. He wasn't sure that that was what was happening, but it was the best theory he could come up with. Or it could have just been that his "power" had evolved enough by now that he could control the minds of both females and males.
Oliver closed his eyes and concentrated on Alan. He could feel the guy's mind. He smiled. "Alan. That woman over there," he said, pointing at Brenda. "You're not married to her."
"Of course I'm not married to her," Alan said, suddenly no longer angry. After all, Oliver wasn't having sex with his wife, so there was no reason to be angry at him.
Oliver smiled. Now since he had control over Alan, he wondered what he should do with him next.
