Evangeline nods and tries again, this time picturing her hand's shadow there. That keeps her from doing any accidental telekinesis again, at least,

She briefly imagines it like switching from red to white damage, the effects of her weapon (her mind) differing even if her (mental) movements are the same. That feels Bad, though. She doesn't actually want to think of it like using a weapon, even if it might work. Shadows are Macaque's friends. She stops almost as soon as she starts with that.

...After a couple of minutes, she manages a minute twitch of one of the threads, small enough that she isn't sure if she just imagined it.