Silences entire hospital

"Tell me," I told her, again, rising to an upright position, my toes a half-inch off the floor. I used my aura, pushing at her. Big.

All throughout the hospital complex, conversations stopped. Everything went quiet.

*****

I knew, telling her, that there was a chance she'd realize and walk away, or hit a wall, or anything. When using my aura to evoke an emotion, I knew there was a chance that a certain person's lens for viewing the world would alter the response. I could give a man fear and get anger in response.

Words were the same.

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