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Dius snorted, “Why am I not surprised. You seem to be very good at demanding answers from people, but you don’t seem to be good at actually listening to them when things are being said.” With a rather extended sigh as if why me he said. “Alright I will repeat what I attempted to explain to you the first day we met. Maybe now you are actually ready to hear it and utilise the knowledge.

“Psionics is a catch-all word for the field of cognitive disciplines and the study of that are traditionally refered to as psychic abilities. Including Telepathy, Empathy, psychokinesis and psychothermetics. In almost all cultures at best it’s understood as either metaphysical with no grounding or psuedo-science mumbo jumbo. However, one species came up with a theoretical model that is not flawless but is highly accurate in it’s predictive nature.

“Simply put it postulates that psionic species are essentially tapping into some kind of quantum or subspace field and possess a biological mechanism to somehow interact with the field. Now, unfortunately that species is now for all intents and purposes extinct So information is limited but it’s implications are enormous. Simply put all telepathicly capable species are essentially divided into two subtypes. Contact and non-contact. For example you are a contact telepath, whereas a Betazoid would be a non-contact type. Vulcans curiously are a mix of both.

“Why this matters, well you have been attempting to control your abilities with a contact solution. While it is a laudable effort based upon the information available, it’s far from an ideal solution. As it is merely shielding you from your environment. What it can not do is shield the environment from you. For most telepathic species this wouldn’t be a problem. But......” at this point DIus turned to look her square in the eyes as he said with a piercing and fierce gaze. “Some, like myself hear anytime someone causes an interaction with the field. So every time you get upset, Every time you have a nightmare, decompress in the shower, everytime you relieve yourself with your partner. Which wouldn’t be a problem, as I’ve learnt to filter and tune out 99% of the residual background echo. But you are GORRAM loud, frequent and at all hours. I had to have the doctor heavily sedate me just to get some sleep that your grief couldn’t pull me out of when your father died.”

“But, how is this space free of imprints. The short answer is, it isn’t. Right now, the pieces of your biology capable of interacting with the field havefor all intents and purposes been momentarily switched off. In essence your sitting in a far superior non-contact version of your muzzle.”

– Dius Olsen Bogir

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– Matt