He held up a finger.
"First, he's trouble prone. A nasty situation attracts him much as a flame attracts a moth.
"There are a lot of people like that. Most of them are always getting themselves clobbered. The agent usually doesn't."
He held up a second finger.
"Because he has a compensating ability. When he turns on the pressure, people do just as he tells them—most people, that is." He sighed.
"That's the latent ability. Sometimes full control is buried so deeply it takes something like a major catastrophe to wake the guy up to the fact he can use it." He smiled wryly.
"Oh, he pushes people around once in a while—makes 'em uneasy when he's around—makes himself unpopular. But he's got no control. He's got to be awakened."
"Yes, but—"
"Uh-uh. It sounds simple, but it isn't." Michaels shook his head.
"You don't just snap a finger in front of this fellow. You've got to provide him with real trouble. Pile it on him—until he gets so much pressure built up that he snaps himself into action. Makes a place like this useful."