Mathers vs. Taylor 1

He was lying; I didn't even have to read his mind to know that. I tried to push into his mind, only to find that I was suddenly blind with that sense.

"Uh uh," the voice said. "You think it's gonna be that easy?"

"Pretty much," I said.

His left fibula snapped suddenly, and he screamed.

"I'm new to this, so I forgot to ask a question," I said sweetly. "Is Mama to the north?"

He screamed, and then said, "I swear, lady, I don't even know who Mama is!"

His other fibula snapped.

"You don't know what she'll do to me…."

He started screaming and squirming, and I was no longer blind. He thought he was burning alive. She'd allowed me the use of that sense to realize what I faced if I went against her. My own body was becoming hot, but there was a disconnect between me and the pain.

Ah.

She took control of senses, and because she only had my telepathy to use, she couldn't actually give me physical pain. All she could do was try to replicate it, but she had no experience using powers like mine, although she was trying to work around that due to her experiences with similar parahuman powers.

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Forgiveness