“Unless,” she said, “that it’s due to us being friends, or because I know about your ability.”
* * * *
Garner also began probing people—using what he termed the active form of Sensitivity; not actual Influence, but reaching into people’s minds, rather than just receiving what those minds gave off naturally.
Most did not appear to register anything, but occasionally someone frowned or shook their head. Others became alert, looking vaguely around for the source of something they felt. When those individuals met his eye, he felt a definite hostile challenge, whereupon he would look away.
One man actually became so incensed that he stopped directly opposite their table and glared at Garner. With Garner lowering his gaze conscientiously and Vera looking away, the man was stymied and only mo
