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Mark ignored her words and resumed questioning. "A few days ago you mentioned that you're unusually
adept with animals. Is it a paran talent?"

"If rather precise empathy is paranormal, yes."

"How did you use this empathy?"

"To make friends."

"But never with people?"

"No."

"Why?"

"I didn't need it with my parents."

"After your parents died, didn't you use this gift?"

"Never."

"Not even to make life less lonely?"

Selena looked at him with rising irritation. "I said never and I meant it. You can't trust people, so what
good are friends."

"All people aren't like Nado, Selena."

"No. The rest are so scared of parans they don't know whether to throw up or go get a mob. If you're
lucky, they just puke."

"How old are you when the Revolution began?"
"Fifteen."

"And you were sixteen when you came to the Humanistos school?"

"Nineteen."

Mark raised his eyebrows. "Why did you lie about your age?"

"I looked more like fourteen than nineteen. Sixteen seemed like a good compromise."

"How old are you now?"

"Twenty-six."

"How much do you know about the specific characteristics of the Branlow mutation?"

"Other than we're slow to mature physically, not much. I don't subscribe to the Earther's shrill about
shape-changing and mind-stealing and perversions too disgusting to talk about."