now its passive super senses

Gou had a harder time using Clairvoyance then I did, which was why he usually didn’t use it. It could provide a tremendous amount of information and its uses were almost beyond counting, but it came with some massive changes in how you perceived the world and how much information flooded your senses. He found it disorienting and dangerous to use in a fight, which was why he usually didn’t bother with it except in brief spurts. Even with all the changes my power had wrought on him, his primary sense remained his nose, it seemed.

But he could use it when he needed to and the description he’d provided mapped perfectly to the one in my head—because I thought Mercury had been on the floor, that Cinder had been on her bed sewing, and that Emerald was resting near Mercury. Those weren’t uncommon positions for either of them to be in, though, so I’d considered the possibility that I might have simply been projecting my memories, but with his mention of Mercury sitting up, I was all but sure.

I could still sense them. I wasn’t watching them, I didn’t have my Clairvoyance on, but I knew exactly what they were doing. I noted all of that calmly and filed it away as I focus on his words. He’d confirmed he was watching them which meant he was still using Clairvoyance, which meant I still had Clairvoyance, even if it wasn’t activating right now. I checked to confirm that its icon was still present under my skill listing and it was, along with all the other skills I’d used with Tiferet.

Then I checked on my newest skill, trying to get to the bottom of this.

Pericognition (Passive) LV1 EXP: 0.00%
A relative of pre- and postcognition, this skill allows for perception of the present, rather than the past or future. Specifically, it represents the ability to gather useful information from one’s surroundings through the use of one’s mind and senses. This skill makes use of both the natural and unnatural senses of the user to gather data, which it then analyzes great speed, parsing and piecing together even minute details. In addition, all sensory-based skills with a cost of 10 MP or less become Passive if they are not already so and no longer cost MP or require concentration to use.

I took a slow breath and exhaled the same way.

So that was it, I thought to myself. It wasn’t that I couldn’t activate them, it was simply that they were already activated and were now running in the background. I knew where everything around me was without bothering to look or even think about it—I just knew, the information rising in my thoughts as it became relevant. I knew exactly what Cinder was doing right now, knew where everyone was and how they were feeling, but it wasn’t a constant flood of information any more, just…knowledge. A quiet, simple understanding of the world around me.