He straightened up. "I've been thinking about this a lot. Tony told you that you can shield yourself, hide your glow after feeding and cloak yourself so that you can't be read. It's something they do intuitively. But I think it's something you should be able to teach yourself. Then maybe when you feed, you won't feel everything so strongly." He shrugged. "Not that I mind for myself, but since I have to share you, I've been thinking about self-meditation techniques that might help." "I think I understand. How would it work?" "After I'd made my first million, I was under quite a bit of stress." "You're first million?" I said. "Well, yeah." He at least had the nerve to look sheepish when he said it. "I started to meditate. I even spoke to a guru. He taught me that if you can make your min

