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Re: Video

[major_rawne]

To avoid this bullshit? [A figure falls out of frame. He ignores it.] I'll ask.

[chaos_drifter]

It might work. These things always seem to create exceptions, if not very many. [Sometimes people are unaffected, or affected differently.] Thank you.

[They gesture to the figure.] What is that? [Another teacup kitten drops onto their desk and topples their communicator.]

[major_rawne]

Some stupid thing this flood inflicted on me.

[Another, smaller figure falls onto his communicator, making him toss it away in irritation.]

[chaos_drifter]

[They prop up their communicator again. Their head disappears from the frame for a moment while they place the new kitten on the floor next to them.] The reason I ask is that most of the objects seem to have meaning to the person producing them. [They decide not to press further.]

[major_rawne]

Some look like Imperial forces and Chaos forces. What meaning they have beyond that, I'm not sure.

[The figure appears from that is the first he doesn't cast aside, instead holding it for a moment and placing it carefully on the table.]

[chaos_drifter]

I seem to be producing curious animals and objects that would normally have something in them. [A small vase appears, hitting their desk with a flat thunk.]

[major_rawne]

Huh. Do you, uh, have any idea as to why that is?

[chaos_drifter]

The empty objects come when I say something that would be associated with strong emotion if I were human. My words are missing something, and so are the objects.

[major_rawne]

But the objects can be filled, so maybe you can.

That came out wrong, but I don't know how to rephrase it.

[chaos_drifter]

Why do you think that came out wrong? [It makes sense to them.]

[major_rawne]

It sounded more... sexual, than I wanted.

[Another figure falls.]

Your telepathy has been returned, though. Until the end of the flood.

[chaos_drifter]

::Oh.:: [They can feel their ability now, just like they could before they arrived here. Snatches of others’ thoughts seem to swirl in their mind, like what one might hear on a staticky radio. They focus on Rawne for a moment. His thoughts and feelings become sharper, but rush through their head too quickly for them to focus on anything other than his general emotions.] ::Thank you.:: [This time, nothing appears.]

[major_rawne]

[Rawne tenses a little at the intrusion, but he was expecting it. He tries to respond in his head.] ::You're welcome. You can hear this, right?::

[chaos_drifter]

::I can.:: [The energy of it is almost slippery — perhaps because the last time they used this ability was several months ago.] ::It worked.:: [No new objects are appearing. There are no sounds on their end, save for the tiny kitten mewling at them from the floor.]

[major_rawne]

::This is the first time I've been glad to hear a voice in my head. But I am.:: [No new figurines thudding onto the table come from his end.]

[chaos_drifter]

::Are there a lot of telepaths in your world?::

[major_rawne]

::A fair amount. Mostly the enemy. I've had my mind invaded, before. It wasn't pleasant.::

[chaos_drifter]

::How does this feel different?:: [To them it just feels like silent conversation, with dull flashes of emotions poking through.]

[major_rawne]

::I knew it was coming. You're not an enemy. I trust you to not hurt me when we're connected like this.::

[chaos_drifter]

[Would they hurt him?] ::I could hurt you, if I wanted to.:: [Avalon stares at him, trying to think about him the way they used to think about their victims. If they had met him before he graduated, he would have been someone they would push to commit murder, not someone they would target directly.

The idea of attacking him is strange, though. They know they feel connected to him, and they like that connection. They want to keep it, if only so that they can understand its nature.]

[major_rawne]

::I know you can. But that's why it's trust. Knowing someone can do something against you and knowing they won't.:: [Rawne looks back and Avalon, trying to read their expression. He doesn't think they'd hurt him, just to prove a point. They've stopped doing that kind of thing.]

Sorry for the late tag!

[chaos_drifter]

::I think it would be difficult to know for certain. Anyone can be unpredictable.:: [They have no intention of hurting him just to prove a point, but people can have a habit of defying expectations.]

Re: Sorry for the late tag!

[major_rawne]

::If I knew for certain, it wouldn't be trust. Trust is required in the face of uncertainty and unpredictability.::. [That's a lesson it took Rawne a long time to learn.]

[chaos_drifter]

::Why do you trust me?::

[major_rawne]

::Partly because I have power over you. Partly because... I think it's important, to trust that you're changing. If I trust you, then you won't start hurting people again. Does that make sense?::