Zoe pushed the door open then, as Danny finished talking, as Cai said "I think this might help, maybe. Because it's physical - oh hey, Zoe - it's a physical thing you can concentrate on, it might help focus your mind, make it easier for me to see."
"What if what I'm concentrating on isn't a real memory, though?" Rachel worried, though she spared a moment to flash Zoe a warm smile. Cai shook his head, not understanding. "What if I'm remembering wrong? I don't trust my memories, my head is too... do you think it'll screw things up if I'm concentrating on something that might not have happened?"
"I don't think it will matter," Cai said, passing the piece of sculpture to Zoe, who turned it over in her hands, frowning. "In my experience, I've read past, future, things that actually happened or actually might happen. I don't think I'd see false memories, because I don't think it's memories I'm actually reading, but... events." He looked to Zoe for confirmation, because she still knew more about being a psychic than he did, even though their skills were very different.
Zoe was focusing her attention on running her thumb over the jagged edge of glass where it had broken, but froze when he said things that actually happened as she realised of course that meant he probably couldn't read her dreams, and couldn't see what she was thinking. Jesus - that was a weight off her mind. She closed her eyes and sighed very quietly, letting out the relief without appearing relieved at all.
"That sounds right," she said. She caught Danny's eye for a second, and smiled thinly before looking away. She wasn't as confused about Danny as she was about Cai, but still - Danny has told her he loved her, and she didn't know what to do with that. Just because she wasn't as confused didn't mean she wasn't confused.
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"What if what I'm concentrating on isn't a real memory, though?" Rachel worried, though she spared a moment to flash Zoe a warm smile. Cai shook his head, not understanding. "What if I'm remembering wrong? I don't trust my memories, my head is too... do you think it'll screw things up if I'm concentrating on something that might not have happened?"
"I don't think it will matter," Cai said, passing the piece of sculpture to Zoe, who turned it over in her hands, frowning. "In my experience, I've read past, future, things that actually happened or actually might happen. I don't think I'd see false memories, because I don't think it's memories I'm actually reading, but... events." He looked to Zoe for confirmation, because she still knew more about being a psychic than he did, even though their skills were very different.
Zoe was focusing her attention on running her thumb over the jagged edge of glass where it had broken, but froze when he said things that actually happened as she realised of course that meant he probably couldn't read her dreams, and couldn't see what she was thinking. Jesus - that was a weight off her mind. She closed her eyes and sighed very quietly, letting out the relief without appearing relieved at all.
"That sounds right," she said. She caught Danny's eye for a second, and smiled thinly before looking away. She wasn't as confused about Danny as she was about Cai, but still - Danny has told her he loved her, and she didn't know what to do with that. Just because she wasn't as confused didn't mean she wasn't confused.