The Telepaths' Guild

          The Queen leads you into another room, this time a smaller one. There are only two students working with one teacher. The students wear grey robes with yellow trim, and the man's robes are completely yellow. He looks up as you come in, and the students turn around and quickly bow to the Queen.

          "Your Majesty," the man smiles.

          "This is Eric, Head of the Telepaths' Guild and the Telepathy Department," the Queen says. "Eric, meet our visitor to AeaTr."

          You shake his hand, and he dismisses his students for the day.

          "I was just wondering if you could tell our visitor a little about telepathy," says the Queen.

          "Of course," he says. "Telepathy is working with the mind. All people have minds; at least, I'd hope so. When you have the gift of Mind as well, you are able to use it in different ways.

          "The first and most common way of using telepathy is speaking to another person without using the vocal cords. It is all done through the mind. First you link with the other person, which is like extending yourself and knocking on the door to their mind, and if they open it and let you in, you've linked. Then you can project clear-cut thoughts or feelings to the person.

          "A second kind of telepathy use is shielding. It's when you create a mental barrier around your mind or someone else's using tightly woven thought. It is useful if you are a mage, and most MagicBonded students have it. I've never met a mage that hasn't. It helps being able to shield others, especially if you come across a strongly gifted person who's projecting their thoughts all around."

          So that's all there is to it. You wish you were Mind-gifted.

          After exchanging another few words, the Queen leads you out into another room.