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[rebelarrow]

I'll call you back later.

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[helpdesk_hero]

Honorable Telepaths do too. Except I suppose my power wasn't exactly honorable.

Empaths need protected more than any other kind of telepaths.

[rebelarrow]

From what you told me, you didn't make a conscious decision to utilize your powers. There's the difference.

They do, which is why the most dangerous men and women in the Net have sworn their loyalty to the E's. The Arrows have already proven they'll stop at nothing to keep them safe.

Then again, as a cardinal E has recently shown, they're also capable of protecting themselves--she projected her pursuers' fears onto them. Left them wrecks curled up in the fetal position.

[Sascha Duncan had already had his respect, but that just elevated it.]

[helpdesk_hero]

See, now that I can respect. Using one's powers to protect themselves or others? Good. And frankly, people should feel the terror they inflict on others at times.

[rebelarrow]

I couldn't agree more.

Neither can either pack, if pack grapevine is to be believed.

[helpdesk_hero]

Of course, there are those who would see it as an attack and just lash out even more over it.

[rebelarrow]

The mercenaries, unprovoked, attacked the mate of the DarkRiver alpha and their daughter, who was a few days shy of a year old, in a DarkRiver city.

There's a distinct lack of pity all around.

[helpdesk_hero]

What is it about the development of intelligence that makes us hate so much? Is it just an inherent state of our minds?

[rebelarrow]

From what we can tell, with this group in particular... their motivations appear to be motivated by greed.

Keeping the races separate is better business for them. Pit two groups that have no communication against each other and pick up their pieces.

[helpdesk_hero]

I hate those sorts of people. Unity is hard enough without racism.

[rebelarrow]

The Consortium, the farther we dig, seems to only be using existing racial tensions for their own benefit.

In actuality, they have no issues working across racial boundaries if it means maintaining their profits.

[helpdesk_hero]

Which is damn frustrating. At least you're pushing toward a new balance, right?

[rebelarrow]

Yes. Thankfully for us, we'd already been building the foundations of unity across the three races. The packs had finally begun communicating with each other more--we had contacts that we could reach out to before someone slighted did something rash.

They waited too long to strike.

[helpdesk_hero]

Good. I am very glad for it. Thank you for speaking to me on this.

[rebelarrow]

You're welcome...

Though I fail to see what all of that had to do with spontaneous shifting.

[helpdesk_hero]

[Oh. Right. That, uh, had been the purpose. He’d gotten lost.]

I was asking from an inter species perspective. The concern that a human or psy might find their Changeling partner, well, changing while growing intimate. But I realize that is an awkward question.

[rebelarrow]

I see.

In my case, Brenna has to worry about me and my abilities more than vice versa, though occasionally she unconsciously semi-shifts her hands into claws.

[Judd fails to see the problem there.]

[helpdesk_hero]

[See, that's exactly what David was wondering about.]

Is there something she does to not do it more often?

[rebelarrow]

["Why should she do it less often?" is a thought Judd rightfully keeps to himself.]

Unconscious semi-shifting stems from heightened emotions. Typically anger, but pleasure can sometimes do it as well. It's a matter of them staying aware and shifting back the moment they feel their claws coming out.

[helpdesk_hero]

[To, you know, not maul her lover?]

Alright. Thank you. That's intriguing.

[rebelarrow]

[Sometimes a man wants to be mauled.]

Are you dating a changeling?

[helpdesk_hero]

[Sometimes a man doesn't want to have his throat torn out. Or to drag himself back to his best friend and need that bad of healing. Again.]

I'm not dating a changeling.

[Something he can honesty say. Sure, they get coffee. Or go to meals. Or David cooks for him sometimes. And they've kissed a little. But dating? No. No matter how much David is starting to think that maybe he'd like that.]

[rebelarrow]

[That sounds like it's on your changeling.]

Let me rephrase the question then--are you exchanging intimate skin privileges with a changeling?

[Translation: You smashing a changeling?]

[helpdesk_hero]

[Yes, it's absolutely the case. But he's sworn to tell no one about that status.]

I'm not exchanging intimate skin privileges with a changeling.

[Yet.]

[rebelarrow]

You're just academically wondering whether one can be mauled by a changeling during intercourse?

[helpdesk_hero]

[No, he's wondering how to PREVENT that.]

I'm a doctor that knows a werewolf here. It's a relevant question I should consider since the guy is a neighbor.