Nodding, "Yes, it is hard to believe."  She would probably react the same way if their situations were reversed.  "My parents couldn't, and had me committed for a few weeks to see if maybe an imbalance in my brain was creating the phenomena."  Remembering that dark period in her teens, Hannah focused her attention on the hands resting in her lap.  "I learned quickly in Bedlam to hide my feelings, my talent."  Looking up and turning herself towards him, "They said I was an aberration, a freak of nature." Eyes bright with emotion, "But it's not something bad or freakish."<br/><br/>Standing abruptly she stepped away.  A slender woman, Hannah looked down at the dazed man before lifting her arms slightly away from her sides, palms facing out.  At first there was nothing, the air around them still, like the world was holding its breath.