." The tone confirmed that we were going to have an interesting few minutes.I figured they were going to attempt a brush-off -- a stupid tactic, given... what we were offering -- but Dean Atkinson wandered out of his office momentarily and shook our hands, waving us into his office. I whipped out my scanner and swept the office under cover of checking my email, then cued the AI to trigger the damping field from the drone tracking us from above as we settled into chairs. This wasn't the standard. Her eyes shined like he was on the verge of tears, “It gets so terribly lonely up here. I don’t want to live alone anymore. I didn’t know that Rone had a wife until we got back here, or I would have found someone else. Once he was here with me I just couldn’t take him back, no matter how much he begged. Mister Kal, I think I’d be happy if he kept sleeping in the corner instead of with me, just as long as he stayed,” she said looking up at him as a lone teardrop ran down her cheek.“Let’s go talk. "I led a pretty boring life, to be truthful. But then you came and gave me a reason to come to work. You made this place fun again–not to mention boosted my sex life like 200%! I actually liked coming to work because you were here. And I really liked our times away from the office. "I was dreading today, saying goodbye to you and going back to that... well that existence again. I can't really call it a life because it wasn't living, it was only existing. But now you are telling me you are. Powers can't affect powers." Yup. I tried to teach you how to unlock your own potential." I thought only women could bodysculpt." Mind over matter. It's part of the shared powers. All numina can control their own metabolisms. Women just get to do it to others, too." Shared powers? What else is there?" Astral projection - basically out of body experiences. Other than that ... I guess you could call it cyberkinesis." Kiki, explain." We can communicate through wires. From that, we figured out we.