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[lefthertainted]

Mio is in the filing room, busily matching receipts and invoices to POs and checking them off on some sort of list. Her previous annoyance at this project has been replaced by a fierce determination to make everything is done properly and efficiently.

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[killwithmymind.livejournal.com]

Having run through all of his known options, Nagi figures he has to stop stalling. He wanders down to the room Mio works in and knocks on the door drame.

[lefthertainted]

Mio is so wrapped up in her work that she does not immediately register Nagi's knock. After a few moments it finally sinks in, and she looks up.

"Oh hello, Naoe-shacho. Did you need something?"

[killwithmymind.livejournal.com]

"I've been trying to find a teacher for you, for your power. Anyone I'd trust to do it isn't availible, so it seems I'm stuck with it."

[lefthertainted]

"Oh." Mio isn't too sure what to say about that. She hadn't quite made up her mind on what she thought of these supposed powers anyway.

[killwithmymind.livejournal.com]

"I can teach you some of the basics, but I don't know how much I can do for your specific power, and a lot of the advanced stuff I know, I didn't learn the traditional way. I'm sure I can get you to stop projecting by accident though."

[lefthertainted]

Mio looks at Nagi a little bit blankly. She certainly hoped Naoe-shacho was going to explain what he meant by "projecting" soon because she didn't understand what was going on with this powers thing at all.

After a moment Mio regains her poise and bows to Nagi. "I will be grateful for your help."

[killwithmymind.livejournal.com]

"Projecting is sending your thoughts at other people. You do it frequently and loudly. I know how to block it out, but most people don't. Therefore people who work here know what you're thinking."

[lefthertainted]

Really? She'd been annoyed that the hall was crowded the other day and wanted people to get out of her way but everyone had just ignored her until she'd actually said something.

And was Naoe-shacho reading her mind? She hadn't said anything about needing him to explain projecting. That was kind of creepy.

"So how do I stop doing that?"

[killwithmymind.livejournal.com]

Every other person in the hall was probably thinking the same thing.

"You put up a wall around your mind. It keeps your thoughts in and other people's thoughts out."

[lefthertainted]

That was not particularly helpful. Mio was fairly certain that thinking about walls was not going to do anything.

See, thinking of a wall. A brick wall, even. It's about 6 feet tall and goes on for a ways in both directions. Are you happy now?

[killwithmymind.livejournal.com]

"No, not like that. You're just projecting walls now. Like this." Nagi pokes in her mind and gives her the information. The problem with sixth senses is that normal language just doesn't describe them very well.

[lefthertainted]

Mio bites down on the urge to say "Well how was I supposed to know, with useless directions like that?" She is not going to be rude to Naoe-shacho.

Mio also objects to her mind being poked around in, so she immediately uses the information Nagi gave her to raise shields of her own. How much had he been reading her mind without knowing, before?

[killwithmymind.livejournal.com]

"Good. Practice that until you don't have to think about holding it." And now maybe Nagi can get some work done without having to block her out all the time.

[lefthertainted]

Mio nods. "Is there anything else?" She really doesn't want to be wasting the company's time with this sort of thing while she's on the clock.

[killwithmymind.livejournal.com]

"Not at the moment. Master that. Oh, and don't be surprised if you're more hungry than usual. It hits some people that way. Just eat more, unless you're trying to diet or something stupid like that."

[lefthertainted]

Mio blinks. She wonders if this powers thing is why she was so completely ravenous yesterday.

"If there is nothing else, I will be getting back to work now." Mio turns her attention back to the files in front of her and her shields begin to falter right away.