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[steamologist]

[ You can hear her tinkering around with something metal. Something heavy will clunk down once in a while, or you'll hear the grating of steel on steel. The voice, when it comes, is a little bitchy and very English:Here's how it fucking is. This place has proper flushing toilets, ATM machines, taxis, petrol, and electric lights -- and it still

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[pacifisted]

Psychic?

[steamologist]

That's what you lot call the package, isn't it? The mind-reading, the moving shit around with my mind and all.

[pacifisted]

Pretty sure.

How does it work? The mind-reading. What can you do?

[steamologist]

A lot of things. [ She makes a little exhaling noise. ] I think about it, and it happens.

[pacifisted]

Can you get pretty specific? Finding something in a person's mind without opening everything else.

[steamologist]

Probably. You have a reason you're asking about how well I can root through somebody's head?

[pacifisted]

Probably. It's not usually something people ask, is it?

[steamologist]

Well. You going to tell me, then?

[pacifisted]

That depends. How far back can you go?

I'd rather not waste your time.

[steamologist]

Believe it or not, I don't spend a lot of time actually reading people's bloody minds. I can control minds too, that doesn't mean I do it. [ A little exhale. ] I won't know for sure until I try, but I'm fairly fucking sure if I can end the world, I can dig up a few memories.

[pacifisted]

[SCREECHING HALT]

End the world.

[steamologist]

Punched a bloody hole in it. Flooded the whole fucking place.

Funny what a bunch of stupid teenagers with powers can do when they try.

[pacifisted]

Hm. Not as surprising as you might think.

But if you're seeking work, I... might have some, later.

[steamologist]

[ A considering pause. Then a sound of acknowledgment. ]

Who are you again?

[pacifisted]

[Amused.]

That's what I want to know.

[steamologist]

[ Another pause. This one a bit more surprised. ]

That's fucked up. [ She doesn't mean it maliciously though. She might even sound sympathetic. A half-beat more, then: ] Well. If you end up deciding you want to try, you can ask for K.K.