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[timesbureaucrat]

[Narvin is suspicious and paranoid and generally thinks that people are out to get him even under the best of circumstances. So hearing from the news report that the person who set off the skeleton spawner is possibly an import--someone he knows--is stoking the paranoia, and building fears that the native population might turn ugly against them all.]

How lovely learning that one of us may be responsible for attempting to slaughter everyone. I'm sure that endears us to the natives.

[Narvin leans forward, steeples his fingers.]

Of course, a psychic scan could quickly clear all this up. Targeted for only relevant information, of course. If you're innocent, you'd have nothing to worry about.

Comments

[timesbureaucrat]

I can hardly scan myself.

[ewestmarch]

Show me how, then. I'll do it.

[timesbureaucrat]

Are you a telepath?

[ewestmarch]

I can learn that.

[timesbureaucrat]

Assuming you could, which I have doubts about, I have years of psychic training. Time Lord minds are well designed for partitioning. I can hide certain thoughts in such a way that it would take a very powerful or very highly trained psychic to notice that they were there at all and break through the mental shields.

That's why when Time Lords are interrogated, historically a mind probing device is used, not a telepath. And before you ask, no, I don't have one here and, no, I can't get or make one.

[ewestmarch]

Hmm, an interrogation method that only you can lie to. How convenient to suggest.

[timesbureaucrat]

Are you implying something?

[ewestmarch]

You know I would never imply anything.

[timesbureaucrat]

Of course you wouldn't.