"So, wait... Let me see if I understand... You touch inanimate objects," the woman begins, brow furrowed as she processes this curious new information. "You touch inanimate objects... and you hear echoes of anyone who has touched them, too? Or, is it only if there were strong feelings attached to them? Or intense moments in which they were held?" [ @forcewoven ] { Tahlia }
Cal had always struggled with his psychometry. It was a rare ability, which meant that their understanding of it was limited. The only other user of the ability Cal had known had been Master Quinlan Vos and he'd only had a few meetings with the man. He hadn't talked about it with anyone since the Order had fallen and he'd taken to wearing gloves to keep from using the ability without meaning to.
"It depends. Someone or something has to have made an impression on a place or object. If the impression is faint, I have to really focus, and even then chances are I won't feel anything." That was his saving grace, he supposed. Otherwise he'd have gone crazy a long time ago. "The stronger the feelings, the stronger the echo. I don't even need to try to experience those echoes. They just...happen."
Cal had been terrified the first time it had happened. He'd had a full-blown seizure. Luckily the Jedi Masters at the temple had known enough to recognise it for what it was.
"So it's worse when violence or the dark side is involved. I don't just...see things. I feel things, too. Emotions. When I'm sensing an echo, it's like the emotions are mine, and they can be intense. I feel the pain, the fear, the hate, like it's my own. Not feelings a Jedi should have."
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