It struck him now. The scene played out before his eyes. At the hospital, he had been attracted to Bane, physically, that much was true. When he agreed to accompany the Sarrans, it was not Bane that drew him. The night of the evacuation, he had sensed more from the Sarran entourage. He recollected the voices in his head, first one and then many. Mark thought at the time that he was losing his mind. Since he had left his parent’s custody for the governments, he had never heard another mind voice. The others enrolled in the program could only send or receive pictures and impressions. Once he realized he was different, even among the unique, Mark was quick to hide any further progression of his abilities. It was the conscious realization that the voices he heard in the ER the night of the eva

