[Donna wants to be skeptical; she wants to question and wonder, and part of her is currently questioning her own state of mind, wondering if she, perhaps, just wandered into the woods of Twin Peaks and wound up swept up in the town's weirdness. But given that she doesn't seem to be dreaming, and after what she just experienced, she really can't help but believe what she's hearing.]

Fire and ice? Like polar opposites?

[Forming bonds with stones is on the more normal part of the scale in terms of weird things she's experienced lately. Sure, why not?]

So this bond you formed with this Black Garnet gave you powers? And now you have additional powers here. How does someone know if they have powers? Do they just...manifest?