Kaleth and the others are finally ready to face Enor and end the war once and for all. But being ready for it and actually managing to do so are two different things. And with Enor having tens of thousands of soldiers following every one of his comm...
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Rayni took in a breath to calm down. She was more than a little nervous about this whole telepathy amplifier thing. It looked scary, especially given that this would link up with her mind, as far as she understood the very extensive explanation Yorin had given her, but even beyond that, she was really concerned she wouldn't be able to do this.
Rayni had asked Mereria about this whole strongest telepath thing, and she'd apparently suspected it, but hadn't said anything because she hadn't known for sure. Which Rayni had no idea how to feel about, but in the end it would have probably not changed much if she had known. But no matter the case, she'd said that it would make sense, and Yorin seemed to be absolutely certain he was right. Somehow neither of this made Rayni feel more sure of herself.
She breathed in again, taking the amplifier from Yorin.
"Just put it on your head. It should automatically synchronise with your mind," he said, smiling away as if this wasn't the weirdest sentence ever.
"How does that even work?" Rayni regretted asking as soon as the sentence left her mouth. But thankfully she managed to stop Yorin before he could get even a word out. "No, nevermind, that's okay."
Yorin looked almost crestfallen that his nerd talk wasn't appreciated, which did make Rayni feel like a bit of a jerk, but right now she was mostly concerned about the metal bowl she was about to put on her head.
Since the more she thought about this the weirder this felt, she just closed her eyes and put the amplifier on.
She frowned when nothing really happened and opened her eyes again. The device was humming faintly, and glowing, judging by the lights reflecting off the cave walls, but she didn't feel any different.
"Great." Yorin clasped his hands behind his back, straightening his back. "Now, try to break through my mental defences."
That was a bit of a tall order. Wasn't Yorin incredibly old and smart? But he had said that the amplifier would make doing this much easier, so if he really was as smart as he seemed, it should work.
Rayni shut her eyes again, feeling all the minds around her. They had gone into the far back of the cave to avoid Rayni accidentally hurting someone with her telepathy. Yorin had seemed to think that she was being overly cautious but had gone with it anyway, which Rayni was glad for.
To her shock, though, her mind felt much clearer somehow. Like she could actually focus on only one person at a time without being overwhelmed by everyone else. This was so weird, yet also really relaxing. How the hell did this thing work?
"Wow, this is awesome."
Yorin offered a small smile, which reminded Rayni what she was supposed to try to do. Right, try to get past Yorin's defences.
She closed her eyes, breathing in and latching onto Yorin's mental signature. Even though she couldn't actually see anything, it felt like shades of blue and silver. She would stop then, to try to figure out how this whole thing even made any sense, but she had long since given up on trying to understand telepathy in general.
