his head. "By the caels, you found his sense of humour. There are still miracles to be found on Aster."
"You will teach me how to read the Thread so I can see the memories of my necklace, right?" Ubi asked.
"Maybe. But fishing can be fun too," Nafury teased as he leaned over the rail to get a closer view of the blue water.
Ubi kicked him in the backside almost hard enough to push him over.
"Okay okay," Nafury surrendered and sat down on the rail instead. "What did you want to learn first? Lifelines? Reading minds? Manipulating objects? Killing small animals?"
Ubi replied with a mean glare.
"Okay, we can leave out killing anything," he teased.
Ubi thought on the choices for a moment. "Reading minds. I think that trick would be handy."
"Alright, I will be your test mouse for this assignment. People and shifters usually have at least one thought in common. In a fight, it's defence and offence. In a conversation, it's often the theme of what is being talked about. Ultimately, every one has a thought that can be seen and read from their psi. When you learn the basics, you can expand beyond that and see even more of their thoughts."
"Unless they block you out, right?" Ubi asked.
"Yes. If they don't trust you, then that creates a lot of walls to jump and it makes it more tiring. Losing your mental strength jumping these barriers can leave your mind vulnerable in turn."
"I think that makes sense. So what do I do?" Ubi asked.
"Well, we have a few things in common. Try and see what I'm thinking. I won't put up any barriers, which is pointless as our Awls have already read me inside and out." Nafury sighed.
Ubi giggled and then became focused on his eyes, searching for the one thought that would link her mind to his. She was having a hard time, and it was likely because Xirel was watching her from nearby. "Why is he staring at me?"
"He must be bored. Hey, I have an idea," Nafury said as a devious smile crept up on his face. "All chimeras have a deformity of some sort. Xirel's is proving particularly difficult for me to find."
"You think that I could read his mind and find it?" Ubi asked, now wearing a devious look to match his.
"I can't get anywhere near his head. He deals headaches out rather ruthlessly. But he won't hurt you."
Ubi accepted the challenge as she went over to Xirel. The Awl was already well aware of their evil plan to uncover his secret deformity.
"Xirel," Ubi said, as if she was about to scold him for something.
"Ubi," Xirel replied. "Uncovering the thoughts of an Awl is not as easy as your uncle would have you believe."
"Well, then it won't hurt for me to practice."
Xirel nodded and smiled as he could feel her thoughts focus entirely on him with her blue eyes. Without training, her psi was random at best as it tried to seek out what she wanted from his mind. It was effortless for him to navigate her thoughts away from her intended target. He stood patiently and waited for her to admit defeat, and decided to watch her fairy pendant on her neck for a while. He could feel the long Threads of memories within its gold and wondered if she would let him look at it later. It twisted in place, and his mind came back to the present.
"Aha! Nafury! I found it!" Ubi exclaimed. She then caught Xirel's white shirt before he could refocus on her and lifted it. Xirel's pale face went completely red as her fingers carefully counted his ribs. "This is it--you don't have all your ribs! I found his weakness! He's missing ribs!"
Some of the crew had stopped what they were doing from her loud excitement. After a few moments they realized that it was a false alarm, and a few laughed it off before returning to their work.
Xirel lowered his shirt and straightened it out. Then he regained his posture that Ubi's touch had melted down. He looked at Nafury who still sat on the rail, looking completely unsatisfied with the answer Ubi had uncovered.
"That's it? Just a few ribs? What the heck, Xirel?" Nafury
"You will teach me how to read the Thread so I can see the memories of my necklace, right?" Ubi asked.
"Maybe. But fishing can be fun too," Nafury teased as he leaned over the rail to get a closer view of the blue water.
Ubi kicked him in the backside almost hard enough to push him over.
"Okay okay," Nafury surrendered and sat down on the rail instead. "What did you want to learn first? Lifelines? Reading minds? Manipulating objects? Killing small animals?"
Ubi replied with a mean glare.
"Okay, we can leave out killing anything," he teased.
Ubi thought on the choices for a moment. "Reading minds. I think that trick would be handy."
"Alright, I will be your test mouse for this assignment. People and shifters usually have at least one thought in common. In a fight, it's defence and offence. In a conversation, it's often the theme of what is being talked about. Ultimately, every one has a thought that can be seen and read from their psi. When you learn the basics, you can expand beyond that and see even more of their thoughts."
"Unless they block you out, right?" Ubi asked.
"Yes. If they don't trust you, then that creates a lot of walls to jump and it makes it more tiring. Losing your mental strength jumping these barriers can leave your mind vulnerable in turn."
"I think that makes sense. So what do I do?" Ubi asked.
"Well, we have a few things in common. Try and see what I'm thinking. I won't put up any barriers, which is pointless as our Awls have already read me inside and out." Nafury sighed.
Ubi giggled and then became focused on his eyes, searching for the one thought that would link her mind to his. She was having a hard time, and it was likely because Xirel was watching her from nearby. "Why is he staring at me?"
"He must be bored. Hey, I have an idea," Nafury said as a devious smile crept up on his face. "All chimeras have a deformity of some sort. Xirel's is proving particularly difficult for me to find."
"You think that I could read his mind and find it?" Ubi asked, now wearing a devious look to match his.
"I can't get anywhere near his head. He deals headaches out rather ruthlessly. But he won't hurt you."
Ubi accepted the challenge as she went over to Xirel. The Awl was already well aware of their evil plan to uncover his secret deformity.
"Xirel," Ubi said, as if she was about to scold him for something.
"Ubi," Xirel replied. "Uncovering the thoughts of an Awl is not as easy as your uncle would have you believe."
"Well, then it won't hurt for me to practice."
Xirel nodded and smiled as he could feel her thoughts focus entirely on him with her blue eyes. Without training, her psi was random at best as it tried to seek out what she wanted from his mind. It was effortless for him to navigate her thoughts away from her intended target. He stood patiently and waited for her to admit defeat, and decided to watch her fairy pendant on her neck for a while. He could feel the long Threads of memories within its gold and wondered if she would let him look at it later. It twisted in place, and his mind came back to the present.
"Aha! Nafury! I found it!" Ubi exclaimed. She then caught Xirel's white shirt before he could refocus on her and lifted it. Xirel's pale face went completely red as her fingers carefully counted his ribs. "This is it--you don't have all your ribs! I found his weakness! He's missing ribs!"
Some of the crew had stopped what they were doing from her loud excitement. After a few moments they realized that it was a false alarm, and a few laughed it off before returning to their work.
Xirel lowered his shirt and straightened it out. Then he regained his posture that Ubi's touch had melted down. He looked at Nafury who still sat on the rail, looking completely unsatisfied with the answer Ubi had uncovered.
"That's it? Just a few ribs? What the heck, Xirel?" Nafury
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