Taylor vs. Tattletale 2

Her power was substantial; in some ways it was better than mine. She liked to tell people that she was psychic and then that she was super Sherlock Holmes; I'd seen a video of her interview with the Director when they'd had me double checking her, and her use of the term had a polished edge to it, like she used it a lot. The truth was, however, that she was more of a psychic than she realized. Her ability allowed her to gain information that mine didn't, even if she rationalized it as just intense observation.

I'd suggested that they list her as being postcognitive; she could get a glimpse into the past of people and objects. Other thinker would have seen something like that as visions or dreams. If they were weaker, it would be something like the color red, or purple. She also had an ability like mine, and she synthesized the two of them to gather more information that I could on observation alone.

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She'd been shocked that I didn't get Thinker migraines. I'd suggested that she see if different aspects of her power triggered the Migraines; was it the Sherlock thinking or the Postcognitive abilities that triggered the headaches. It was possible that it was both, but it was just as possible that one side of her power caused more pain than the other.

If it was the postcognitive part that was the problem, then she could solve that about getting as much information beforehand as possible. If it was the deductive and inductive thinking, then there might be ways to deal with that too; maybe by focusing on the type of information she was looking for and then handing it over to me or another Thinker. Some of her ability use was uncontrollable, but in the PRT she'd have the ability to regulate the types of information that she was exposed to.

Fewer headaches was likely to lead to less frequent outbursts; she could be irritable at times and certainly loved to insult people even when she wasn't. I saw her insult the Director a half dozen times during her interview, and she actually wanted to make a good impression.

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Headache