“And no one believed you when you told them about it, so you learned to keep quiet, right?” When Tatada-go reluctantly agreed, Mara went on, “That’s the way it always is. When people don’t recognize telepathy for what it is they’ll think it’s crazy. If you’re trying to stay normal, you ignore the feelings as much as possible. There are probably people who’ve lost the talent completely because of that. Once we start really looking I’ll bet we find some of our strongest telepaths in mental hospitals. It’s such a terrible waste....”
She broke off sharply and looked straight into Tatada-go’s eyes. “But that’s not your problem now. Has the situation gotten worse recently? Have you had bad headaches?”
“ Yes.”
“And s****l urges?”
Since the Dur-ill culture put no negative connotations to s*x,
