[ You just make a choice, and live with it. That's the only way Anderson knows how. She does what she thinks she can live with more easily. It's not that it never plagues her, but she can't afford to show weakness. ]
Oh. You have no idea how funny it is to ask a Judge that. [ In fact, she's smiling slightly in amusement, watching her screen. She hadn't even considered that interpretation. And part of being an ethical mind-reader is she's used to not probing innocent people when they evade her questions, so she doesn't. ]
We're pretty infamous for being implacable bastards. If we lost our calm we'd be dead. I don't know. You just can't flinch. You can't let it touch you.
Once they find out I'm psychic they always picture me as their victim, anyway.
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Oh. You have no idea how funny it is to ask a Judge that. [ In fact, she's smiling slightly in amusement, watching her screen. She hadn't even considered that interpretation. And part of being an ethical mind-reader is she's used to not probing innocent people when they evade her questions, so she doesn't. ]
We're pretty infamous for being implacable bastards. If we lost our calm we'd be dead. I don't know. You just can't flinch. You can't let it touch you.
Once they find out I'm psychic they always picture me as their victim, anyway.