"2517? Haven't humans left Earth by now?" That would be enough time for them to grow and evolve enough to move beyond the Rim, right?
She would have said more but suddenly, without warning, there was a stabbing pain in her head. Like ice picks stabbing into her. One hand rose to her temples and her eyes squeezed shut in pain, feeling swept away under the sudden assault of fear and violent pain.
"I..." The telepath struggled to get hold of herself, to slam up her blocks, to drive out that awful, awful sensation. But she couldn't, and she knew it was from another telepath. Nothing that strong could come from a mundane. She couldn't even get up to try and offer some help, all she could do was double up as though the pain was her own.
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She would have said more but suddenly, without warning, there was a stabbing pain in her head. Like ice picks stabbing into her. One hand rose to her temples and her eyes squeezed shut in pain, feeling swept away under the sudden assault of fear and violent pain.
"I..." The telepath struggled to get hold of herself, to slam up her blocks, to drive out that awful, awful sensation. But she couldn't, and she knew it was from another telepath. Nothing that strong could come from a mundane. She couldn't even get up to try and offer some help, all she could do was double up as though the pain was her own.
"Shit!"