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[pwnspatrickjane]

Back home, I'm not actually psychic

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[descendent]

But... here you really are?

[pwnspatrickjane]

It's my Rift ability. I'm precognitive.

[descendent]

I can't believe you'd lie about that.

[pwnspatrickjane]

I ... didn't do it to scam people.

[a long pause]

My dad wanted me to be a cop, like him. So he taught me how to read people, how to look for clues, but then I screwed things up in me actually being able to become a cop (mostly to spite him) and so I started calling anonymous tips off what I could read off people on the news.

Eventually it got me in trouble. They pulled me in, thinking that my tip was good because I had inside information, and were trying to question me about the robbery. Didn't help the fact that I could call that the detective doing the questioning and his partner were sleeping together a mile away either. They got pissed off so ... I just claimed I was psychic, as a way to try and get me out of it.

I proved it with the guy I was sitting next to in the bullpen of the station, and ... they started paying me to close cases for them. I just went with the lie.

[descendent]

That makes a lot of sense, actually.

I'm not saying it was the right thing to do, but I understand where you were coming from.

You wanted to help people.

[And then, after an equally long pause]

I'm sorry about your father.

[pwnspatrickjane]

It's the best job I've ever had.

It's the longest job I've ever had.

Me too.

[descendent]

Have you considered doing something similar here? I don't know if that's even possible here, but it shouldn't stop you from doing something you love.

[pwnspatrickjane]

I'm working on opening up my own private detective agency. I've got the space, right now I just need to pick up some staff.

[descendent]

Good luck.

[pwnspatrickjane]

Thanks.