“Oh, I’m SAR normally, but I’m an empath, so I’m going to work with Abby on shielding. So usually it’s pretty quiet for me — another reason why I got lost today.” She grinned easily up at him.
Indeed, eventful. “You do good work up there.” An empath? Meaning… she could sense feelings. Great. He would need to stay well away from her then. Coming to the end of the hallway, he headed for the stairs. “Sounds pretty interesting. How long does that usually take to master?”
“Thank you,” she said, surprised. Her lips twitched, hiding a twisted smile as he reacted to the word ‘empath’. “For me, it took a couple years, but I was pretty young and teenage hormones can interfere. Abby’s got a lot of groundwork already, so I don’t know that it will take too long for her.”