Teri practiced deep breathing exercises to give herself some sort of protection from hearing all these voices. She was beginning to master tuning in and out, sort of like adjusting the volume on a million radios at once. Those people in the street had been too far away to hear but Baby was complaining that they brought a horrible stink with them. Teri hadn’t noticed a stench was glad enough her new found “gift” didn’t extend too far away from her body. That would have been like standing in the middle of a football stadium of roaring fans and she didn’t think her nervous system would have been able to handle that just now.<br/><br/>She was standing in the bathroom, brushing her black hair into spikes, just for fun. It was getting a little long for that but the brushing of it soothed her. She was running water in the sink to keep the brush bristles wet and using the blow dryer to set the Bed Head gel firmly. Baby walked up behind her  and Teri heard her,<br/><br/>“Yep, yep. The cabinet door is open. I can pull all the lovely trash out when mama leaves.”<br/><br/>Teri whirled around to scold the dog and knocked the blow dryer into the water. Gasping, Teri threw out her hands and the blow dryer stopped in mid air. Heart in her mouth, Teri blinked, afraid to move lest the active electronic should hit the water but nothing changed. She plucked the dryer from the air, turned it off and tucked it into a drawer. She twisted the water facets to the off position and let out a breath.<br/><br/>“What on earth is going on?” she demanded of the dog as if the canine had the answer. Baby sat with a doggy grin on her face and eyed the open cabinet door. Teri raised her eyebrow and then shut the tempting door firmly. “No bathroom trash. “<br/><br/>Baby crept from the room with her tail between her legs. Teri had to laugh as she went out to sit on the back stoop. This time she noticed an acrid burning odor. Baby joined her,<br/>“I told you.”