"Well, there's plenty of animal life here, and exactly one person."
She sends out a minute telepathic probe, trying to get a sense of the person without actually violating their privacy.
The second thing she notices is that the mind seems to be running off of two brains.
The first thing she notices is that it is brilliant.
Not bright like another telepath. Not bright like a genius. But some kind of entirely new kind of impressive, of standing-out, of (yes here this this is a thing this is special notice me notice me).
Her knees buckle, and she distantly notices her sister catching her and keeping her upright.
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She sends out a minute telepathic probe, trying to get a sense of the person without actually violating their privacy.
The second thing she notices is that the mind seems to be running off of two brains.
The first thing she notices is that it is brilliant.
Not bright like another telepath. Not bright like a genius. But some kind of entirely new kind of impressive, of standing-out, of (yes here this this is a thing this is special notice me notice me).
Her knees buckle, and she distantly notices her sister catching her and keeping her upright.