Taylor - Resists Mirtis' Mind powers

"Still," he said. He stared at me for a moment. "You're harder to read now."

"Well, my brain isn't exactly human anymore, so my responses are probably a little different than they were before."

"You should be careful," he said. "Change too much and even the normal people around you will notice."

It was a point. Social Thinking was all about using tiny bits of body language too small to notice consciously to manipulate people. Even though they didn't consciously notice what was going on, the unconscious responded based on those cues.

"I can still act human enough," I said. "Except maybe around the people I trust, and there aren't that many of those."

"Good."

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