01-23-2015, 12:39 PM
Alex listened to Ivan as he speculated at things that could do this. Alex wouldn't put it past a reborn god to do something like this. They could manifest all sorts of things, she imagined killing with this power would be easy, potentially raping a girl would be trivial.
And Ivan jumped into the deep end quickly. Alex nearly choked as he asked her about manipulating someone's emotions. That was not something she was ready to talk about. She wasn't ready to tell him that she was on the weak end of the spectrum for Sentient. She sighed. "A Sentient could have done this. There are bad men and women among us like any other culture. But typically we take care of our own, in all manners of speaking."
She wasn't about to tell Ivan that they killed their own kind when they became to dangerous, or that the reason they did so was so that the police didn't look their direction or for that matter the Atharim.
Alex knew all too well what a visit by the Atharim could do when they set up on their homes. She'd lost her sister to them. "But not all Sentient can do that. There are varying degrees of power, and different abilities. I for instance can only read emotions. I can dig deeper than most because it is all I can do except protect myself from others like me."
Alex sighed and continued. "My mother and older sister are powerful in protecting themselves, others, they can extend their shields to multiple people, they are typically the ones who house those Sentient's with children who are still learning to control their ability."
She looked out the window. "My father and brother, and my half sister can all manipulate someone's emotions to varying degrees. My father's ability can be permanent. My brother is unable to push someone to that level. My half sister, I do not know, but I beleive her abilities were trained differently and she's unique among Sentient. But she is probably far more dangerous than my father."
She turned to look at Ivan, "So yes, someone could manipulate a person into having sex with them seemingly willing. However, our ability does not remove memory, my father can replace a past memory feeling with others of varying degrees which is how he makes an emotion permanent, but he cannot remove that memory altogether."
They pulled up to the station and Alex turned and looked at Ivan. "If we are going to have a proper monster squad, we need someone versed in the monsters. There are Atharim all over the world, I bet there are Atharim on the police force. You and me we are fine and good, but if we are going to these criminals with supernatural abilities, I think it's best there was one who could tell us about them. But I doubt they'd help the police anymore than we'd help them. Forget I said anything."
Alex looked up at the building and shook her head. "Maybe they found something on the tapes."
And Ivan jumped into the deep end quickly. Alex nearly choked as he asked her about manipulating someone's emotions. That was not something she was ready to talk about. She wasn't ready to tell him that she was on the weak end of the spectrum for Sentient. She sighed. "A Sentient could have done this. There are bad men and women among us like any other culture. But typically we take care of our own, in all manners of speaking."
She wasn't about to tell Ivan that they killed their own kind when they became to dangerous, or that the reason they did so was so that the police didn't look their direction or for that matter the Atharim.
Alex knew all too well what a visit by the Atharim could do when they set up on their homes. She'd lost her sister to them. "But not all Sentient can do that. There are varying degrees of power, and different abilities. I for instance can only read emotions. I can dig deeper than most because it is all I can do except protect myself from others like me."
Alex sighed and continued. "My mother and older sister are powerful in protecting themselves, others, they can extend their shields to multiple people, they are typically the ones who house those Sentient's with children who are still learning to control their ability."
She looked out the window. "My father and brother, and my half sister can all manipulate someone's emotions to varying degrees. My father's ability can be permanent. My brother is unable to push someone to that level. My half sister, I do not know, but I beleive her abilities were trained differently and she's unique among Sentient. But she is probably far more dangerous than my father."
She turned to look at Ivan, "So yes, someone could manipulate a person into having sex with them seemingly willing. However, our ability does not remove memory, my father can replace a past memory feeling with others of varying degrees which is how he makes an emotion permanent, but he cannot remove that memory altogether."
They pulled up to the station and Alex turned and looked at Ivan. "If we are going to have a proper monster squad, we need someone versed in the monsters. There are Atharim all over the world, I bet there are Atharim on the police force. You and me we are fine and good, but if we are going to these criminals with supernatural abilities, I think it's best there was one who could tell us about them. But I doubt they'd help the police anymore than we'd help them. Forget I said anything."
Alex looked up at the building and shook her head. "Maybe they found something on the tapes."