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[rebelarrow]

I'll call you back later.

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[helpdesk_hero]

I... my running partner is gone. So is my training partner. I was teaching Peter to fight.

[rebelarrow]

The juvenile at Thanksgiving?

[helpdesk_hero]

Yeah, one and hte same. And I was working with Derek too.

[rebelarrow]

A pity. I liked both of them.

Even if Derek was a horrible tracker for a wolf.

[helpdesk_hero]

He wasn't even that great in a fight. But he was learning. And not even hurting me with his strength as often.

[And now at least Judd won't think David's involved with Derek because of the whole past shifter conversation.]

[rebelarrow]

That's why a good pack structure was so important in my world--to learn those skills.

[helpdesk_hero]

I think things were different in his pack. We didn't spend a lot of our time together talking.

[rebelarrow]

He mentioned "werewolf hunters" so our worlds were quite different.

[helpdesk_hero]

Rahne had some issues with that too. But werewolves aren't very common back on my world. Most shifters aren't.

[rebelarrow]

One day that will stop being so strange to me.

Our world was a triumverate, whether the other races saw it or not.

[helpdesk_hero]

Three points. The most stable structure.

[rebelarrow]

It's true.

But this isn't about me, it's about you.

If you need someone to spar with, or go for a run with, give me a call.

[helpdesk_hero]

Really? I mean... I could spar with you without even needing to use my suppressor.

[rebelarrow]

Yes.

I think I can handle you.

[helpdesk_hero]

It would be nice. There's only one person I even regularly touch without the thing.

[rebelarrow]

Call me. I can raise a shield around you. I can remain a discreet distance away where your privacy is intact and your company would be none the wiser.

[helpdesk_hero]

I don't know. I mean, we know I can touch you without an issue, but that doesn't mean that you can overwhelm my powers while I try and touch others.

[rebelarrow]

The only reason you can touch me is because of the shield I place around your mind. It's the end goal that we're aiming for with your shield work.

It isn't simply a matter of you being able to touch me because I'm Psy.

[helpdesk_hero]

I presumed it was because of your own shields, protecting yourself from other people with telepathy.

That said, even with keeping my shields up to protect myself from psychometry, those same shields haven't prevented the other half of my powers.

[rebelarrow]

That does play a part. But that only means I have to raise two shields instead of one.

[helpdesk_hero]

Fair. I just... Wish I understood why my barriers were good enough for both of them.

[rebelarrow]

What do you mean?

[helpdesk_hero]

I can use the shielding techniques you taught me to keep the psychometry at bay when I touch things, but it doesn't keep my other power from triggering.

[rebelarrow]

I'm hardly an expert on these things, but it could be that we're building your shields too narrowly.

It could be something that shields don't work on, as the abilities differ too greatly from a typical Psy's.

If we were home, I would have contacts whom I could ask.

[Between Ashaya Aleine, the Shine Foundation, and/or the political might of Kaleb Krychek, he had no doubts this problem would be easily solved. But Aleine, Santos, and Kaleb aren't here, and he has no way of replicating their knowledge.]

[helpdesk_hero]

Building them too narrowly?

[It's moments like this that he wishes Judd didn't protect himself so well. How useful it might be to root around in the guy's skills to try and build better shields. But that would absolutely be cheating and not serve him in the long run. And, in some ways, it was nice to have to LEARN again.]