FJ: 2.2.1 Dorian and Sabina talk.

[22:18]	Sabina	It's raining outside, that is to say inside the orbital. A greyish haze descending across the orbital, coloring the plants a darker green. You find Sabina outside, under a covered bench beside a pound, surrounded by flowers and vines. Her hood is down, her hair plastered to her neck and face, and a flower in her hair. Her clothing wet from the rain, yet she
[22:18]	Sabina	doesn't seem to mind, instead her eyes are closed and there's an paceful smile, one long arm stretched out beyond the cover to let the rain splash down across it.
[22:20]	Sabina	*peaceful
[22:21]	Dorian	"Sabina?" Dorian's voice echoes across the field. "Now that you're feeling better, we need to talk."
[22:24]	Dorian	approaches the bench and leans on a nearby pole
[22:25]	Sabina	"I imagine you have a number of questions," She doesn't open her eyes "Do you want to take a seat out of the rain? Or perhaps go inside?"
[22:27]	Dorian	"I'll be fine standing up; I actually like the rain," Dorian replies. He refrains from commenting on her knowing his intentions; it wouldn't have taken psychic powers to see this coming. "Okay, first and most importantly: that /thing/ we fought planetside. You were familiar with it."
[22:27]	Dorian	"Or at least with similar things, I believe."
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[22:33]	Sabina	"His  is Bardok, I can tell you where to find him if you like, his tea is divine." She smirks at her own joke "But I digress, he too is a wretch, though not like the two we saw on the planet, he was far more controlled, among other things I think. So I recognized William as being of the same class of entity."
[22:33]	Sabina	His *name
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[22:35]	Dorian	"I... think I'll pass on that..." Dorian blanches at the very idea of exposing himself to another such entity... not realizing the irony of his current situation. "So what exactly is a "Wretch"?"
[22:42]	Sabina	"I can hardly claim to be a expert but they are people who have been warped and twisted by transhamanism of the ashen age. It is said that they bring with them ill-fortune and while have a fair amount of psionic power it they wield it dangeriously. Though that is the common thought, what truth there is in that I cannot say. If nothing else Bardok was in great
[22:42]	Sabina	control of his abilities."
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[22:47]	Dorian	"Dangerous psionics, the lot of them. No shit," Dorian agrees. "Speaking of which... why did it seem like time was stopping every time it mentally attacked us?"
[22:54]	Sabina	"No? Not really actually. For one I do not think it was mentally attacking me at least, nor did I notice it doing anything of the kind to you, your mental state remained stable from what I could tell. And the only other time I had something like happen was when Dubiers attempted a system intrusion. I assumed it was a adrenaline rush or something along those lines."
[22:55]	Dorian	shrugs. "It felt weird. So how'd you kill it, exactly? And why didn't it /stay/ dead?"
[22:56]	Sabina	"Well. . " She glances to her right wrist "My Instrument. . ate him? absorbed him? And then I decided I didn't want him in the Instrament, that his voice did not belong amoung my ancestors, so I purged him from the Instrument. I cannot put into words how exactly I did that, only that I did."
[22:57]	Dorian	blanches. "Please tell me you can only do that to creatures like that."
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[22:58]	Sabina	"I don't know, I didn't intend to do anything more than sever his head from his shoulders. I should hope that it does not happen again."
[22:59]	Dorian	nods, at least partially satisfied.
[22:59]	Dorian	"I do know it did... /something/. There was pain, and it talked to me."
[23:00]	Sabina	"William did once he was in the Instrament?"
[23:00]	Dorian	would probably be scrunching his face up in thought if it were more flexible
[23:01]	Dorian	"It said something about... a third eye, referring to me?"
[23:01]	Dorian	scoffs.
[23:01]	Dorian	"None of my clade have that kind of anatomy."
[23:02]	Dorian	"So I think it was referring to something else, being cryptic or some psychic buyllshit.
[23:02]	Dorian	*bullshit"
[23:02]	Sabina	"The Third Eye, often refered as a refrence to mystical abilities of seers and the like. In this case I would say it was a metaphor for psionic ability."
[23:02]	Dorian	starts snickering
[23:02]	Dorian	The snickering becomes mocking laughter.
[23:03]	Dorian	The mocking laughter becomes almost hysterical laughter, the laughter of a person who has heard the world's funniest joke.
[23:05]	Sabina	"You must understand Dorian, we psionics tend to like speaking in metaphor and riddle."
[23:05]	Dorian	After a couple of minutes the laughter subsides. "Sorry... hahaha..." Dorian apologizes, "but that was too funny. It thought I was a psychic. pffahahahahaha..."
[23:07]	Sabina	smiles.
[23:07]	Sabina	"I can see how you would find it amusing."
[23:07]	Dorian	"Fucking ridiculous, right?"
[23:07]	Sabina	"Not really."
[23:11]	Dorian	"Oh come on, surely even /you/ could see how absurd it'd be."
[23:11]	Sabina	"May I ask what is so absurd about it?"
[23:13]	Dorian	feels the momentary burn of a seed of doubt and fear being planted.
[23:14]	Sabina	"A honest question, not a rhetorical one. Would you like me to explain why I do not find it so unbelievable?"
[23:15]	Dorian	"It's... well, come on! Look at me, a guy who fears and mistrusts psionics, and tell me that someone like me developing such power wouldn't be absurdly ironic, like some kind of cosmic joke? Especially when nothing happened in four years of mercenary Hell?"
[23:17]	Dorian	"I mean, if I was one, surely I'd have triggered back then?"
[23:18]	Sabina	"Or perhaps that time was one of catayst for your powers and they are only now coming to life? I do not know how the mechanisms for psionic's who develope their powers later in life work. Among my people we are born with our powers and train and nurture them as we age."
[23:21]	Dorian	shakes his head violently. "Yeah, no, I don't want to even think about that being possible anymore."
[23:22]	Sabina	"Understandable. I only advise that you be aware of your mental and emotional state, and of any feelings of. . " She frowns "I suppose new senses or perceptive abilities."
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[23:23]	Sabina	"And to speak with someone more learned on the subject than I. Natah probably knows more, and there are the archives. If those fail we could seek Bardok too."
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[23:24]	Dorian	"Enhhhh, how about no... moving on: Koll's lackey, the G-psychic one, was she a Wretch too?"
[23:24]	Sabina	"She was."
[23:25]	Dorian	shudders. "Why didn't... she... try to attack us as well? As erratic as the first one was I'd have expected similar behavior from the other."
[23:25]	Dorian	"Orders or otherwise
[23:25]	Sabina	"William only attacked us to fulfill his objective of keeping Koll's location safe, when we arrived there was nothing to be gained by attacking us."
[23:28]	Dorian	"Fair enough..."
[23:28]	Sabina	"And as for other wretches, I cannot say how stable they normally are, but I doubt she would have been allowed near Koll is could not control herself."
[23:28]	Dorian	"One last thing: how common are Wretches?"
[23:29]	Sabina	"I honestly have no idea."
[23:33]	Dorian	"Maybe we can find out on the info networks..." Dorian offers. "Anyway, it's getting late. I'm sure you could still use some sack time, and I have a few kilotons of the willies to sleep off. G'night." Dorian walks off, waving goodbye as he leaves.
[23:35]	Sabina	"I'll look into it later, rest well Mr. Taylor."