You want to know what's funny?

People have the ability to project their thoughts as invisible waves through space, and they

have special little organs that let them receive these invisible waves, and it's called

talking and listening.

People take it for granted.

You only hear what people want you to for a reason.

Skipping that isn't a superpower.

It's not nice to see the link between everything you do, and the instantaneous emotional response

it sets off from people around you.

You don't need to see the flush of blue wave disappointment that rolls through your father's

mind when you show him the A- you've got on a test.

You don't need to see how a lover feels when they see you in discolored boxes and woolen

socks.

It's good enough that they lie.

You should be happy with those lies, because a person is not just the sum of their thoughts.

That momentary flick of a revulsion a partner feels when they're walking a new spoon your

guts into the toilet after eating some dodgy takeout.

That's not who they are.

The fact that they pushed that disc us the side and still help you up.

That's who they really are.

I hate seeing these things.

I hate feeling other people's intrusive thoughts, the parts they can't filter, the parts

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