Kasumi says, "I need to borrow this a minute... you can have it right back.". She grabs the robe, walks out of the tent to don it, uses the hat of disguise to mask that she has done so, then walks back in, and gets Marc's attention by kneeling down in front of him and grabbing his arms lightly.  "There is no back, Marc.  You must have seen the explosion as you were flying away.  The Ambassador destroyed everyone inside. You would be dead now if we hadn't rescued you.  You must remember.  He used you as a human shield.  He didn't care about you!". She looks at him solemnly for a minute.  "I'm a Psychic as well, Marc.  I know you don't want to give up the powers the Ambassador was showing you how to use.  But you don't have to.  Those powers are yours, not his.  He wanted to use you, train you and then possess you, take your body and live in it, like a spider who lays it's eggs in the body of another insect.  He would have killed you, and become you at the same time."<br/><br/>She makes sure Marc can see the honesty in her eyes while she says these things, knowing most children are naturally good at detecting a lie.<br/><br/>She says.  "I told you that I'm a psychic.  Like you, I needed to train my gifts to learn how to use them.  But I learned to use my powers to help people.  To protect those who can't protect themselves.  I know a good school for Psychics in town.  It's a monastery to the Path of Light, and the people there would be more than happy to help you learn to use your powers."<br/><br/>She emphasises.  "But you would get to chose HOW you used them.  They wouldn't force you to do things their way.  You would have a choice... not like with the Reidrans.  I know some of the things they did disturbed you.  You don't have to tell me about it if you don't want to, but I know.  They were twisted inside.  Let me show you a different way?"<br/><br/>((Diplomacy, with 17 effective charisma +3, Rolled a 14, plus 4 from an Action point, +2 circumstance bonus of 'being a psychic' +'something from having seen what a bastard the Ambassador was.' Plus 'something from having directly saved the kids life by pulling him away from the ambassador's telekinetic grip'<br/><br/>Well, anyway, that's a 23+ something, so someone aid me and give me a +2 more for that clinching 25+))