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New and Old Wounds [Closed]

Dani had an amazing ability to focus if she needed to. Just to focus on that one thing and let everything else take the back seat. However, she needed to HAVE that something that could be the focus without it just leading right back to what she was trying to ignore.

At the moment, she didn't really have it. All of it was too heavily connected to the problem she was having; namely that Jake had ordered, at some point in his timeline, for his cousin to kill his brother to get rid of Iniss. Dani could see his thinking of why he'd done it. While she didn't know EVERYTHING, she knew enough. She didn't think it was right or reasonable, but she understood the thinking well enough.

But that didn't change the situation. Tom was freaking out because Jake had ordered him killed and she was freaking out because she'd been reminded of old wounds and it was very hard to keep a level head.

She had gotten Iniss and Tom away from the situation. Phased them right away and had a blissful few minutes until she found an isolated corridor to finally stop in, well away from Rachel and Jake and all of them.

She pulled away from Iniss then, moving her hands to rub the heal of her palms to her forehead, trying to get herself under control. She DEALT with this. The wound was OLD. Tom was the one who needed help, not her. She just had to get herself to CALM DOWN.

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"Guh!" Iniss recoiled, unable to not take control. "Warning! Please!" He shuddered, making a weird face and shaking his head like a dog with water in its ears. "That is beyond bizarre, Dani."

"Too much warning and he might not have been shocked out," Dani said. "It's not like it hurts." She paused. "...still no response?"

"Nothing, just a biological reaction to the cold. It may not HURT but it IS like pouring ice on your entire body on a balmy July day." He shuddered again, tossing his head a little to reorient himself. "Sorry, that was a flinch reaction. I agreed to relinquish control."

"...that seems like it'd be more of a shock than a slap..." She muttered, frowning. "...it might really need extreme."

"I'm objecting on principle to the loss of any limbs."

"Like I'd go that far!" Dani said. "Just...that sort of invasive thing...since you said he can't ignore thoughtspeak..."

He arched an eyebrow, skeptical. "Invasive thing? Just what are you planning?" She'd mentioned something when they first talked...

"...I might be better at coaxing him out better than you?" She said with a sheepish smile.

"Undoubtedly, you're far better at emotional things. But how if he's unresponsive?" His expression stayed skeptical and uncertain, but he didn't reject the idea.

"....overshadowing."

Did she really need to say more?

Iniss blew out a breath, looking at Dani for a long moment before nodding. "Let's find somewhere more private, before you do."

He trusted her enough to let her do this, that didn't mean he trusted the rest of the ship not to take advantage.

Dani nodded. "That'll be fine," she said, relaxing a bit. She knew he didn't like the idea much and had been a bit worried to suggest it.

He didn't like the idea, and if anyone else, even her cousin had suggested it, he would have rejected the idea without thinking. But this was Dani. He trusted Dani.

But could he trust her enough not to freak out?

"What deck did you drop us to, anyway?"

"Ummm....level two, I believe," she said, looking around. "I was just making sure people weren't around."

"Exactly where are crew quarters from here? You did good, it was very well handled. If we had attempted to leave normally, Jake would have simply followed us." He gave her shoulder a little squeeze. "Let's go find somewhere to sit down, and then you can try Overshadowing me." It sounded weird to say, and the entire idea was making him uncomfortable. But he was willing to allow it.

"Several levels down," Dani said. "Do you have your own room?" She asked. She didn't make comment about Jake. She just...left as fast as she could.

"I used to share it with Karen, but she's been re-podded, so now I suppose it's all mine." Neither of them had been thinking much about Jake when they fled.

Dani nodded. "That should be fine. Danny's supposed to be training today, but that'd be weird to explain if he came in. Plus Cujo might want to play if he comes in."

"What's a Cujo?" He blinked at her, a little startled. "Yes, I imagine it would. Does he approve of you being around me?"

"It's a dog Danny met a lot back home. He's a ghost dog. Used to be a guard dog, but he's a real sweetie," Dani said. "And Danny trusts me."

...she also forgot she never told him and thus not remembering any freak out on the top of her head assumed he did. It'd hit her later she never did.

"Oh, I see. Yes, I imagine he would be rather friendly, in that case. Or not. It seems like they can smell us, judging by Homer. But he has gotten used to it by now." He motioned her to proceed him into the room, setting down his backpack. "From what I remember, you said I wouldn't be conscious when you did this."

"Not sure how a ghost would judge that. Different smells and all that. But he's well trained, so as long as you're non-threatening, there won't be a problem," Dani said.

She nodded. "That's how it usually goes. I think you're subconsciously aware something is going on, like a dream, because usually can start to fight if the ghost is making them do something they absolutely would never do. Usually things like trying to get the person to hurt a loved one or something like that, but barring something like that, most people are never aware anymore than maybe a dream," she said and paused. "Though since you're used to doing the same thing, it might give you a natural resistance, but that should be obvious pretty immediately."

"Well, it's possible, I'd like to avoid risking it all the same."

He sighed, settling down on the edge the bed and nodding faintly to the explanation. "Either way, unless I start fighting, you retrain control of us. Or of me, at least, not Tom."

"Well, then I should introduce you to him. He listens to me. Or I can hold him back," Dani said.

She nodded. "If anything weird happens, I can get out in an instant, but it should be fine. You ready?"

"Maybe we can do that sometime." He smiled faintly, allowing it to fade into a grimace as he looked at her. Could he ever be ready for this? Really? "I trust you. Just do it."

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