Detecting power fuctions/limitations

His parasite imposed a cost on those who would borrow the Clairvoyant's power. It could have filtered the information as it did for him, but instead if flooded the mind with raw data, overwhelming it and putting the person into a mild and temporary coma. It normally took a week to recover, and every time it was used, the parasite altered the brain of those who used it slightly, damaging their senses by just a little bit each time.

The purpose, of course was to ensure that the host wasn't monopolized by any one party. The parasite craved new data, and being forced to watch over the same enemies over and over the way a president or king might ask wasn't what it wanted at all.

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Fruitful