[Well that's... Both really cool and really unsettling all at once, though the latter wins out briefly; although often outwardly expressive, Lance is actually very secretive and the idea that Ushahin might be able to pick up on thoughts and see into his mind--whatever that means--is a little terrifying, and that's probably very obvious.

But he carefully tries to push that aside, at least for now, because he's already agreed to help and really, how is what Ushahin does much different from what he does? Talking to a sufficiently skilled psychologist or psychiatrist can feel almost like speaking with a mind-reader already, and he's asking Ushahin to trust him by the very nature of having this session anyway. It somehow seems only fair that Lance has to do the same in return, for once.

It's not possible for him to completely block out how nervous this makes him, but he does his best to ignore it. This isn't about him, after all.]

That isn't really something that exists in my world, at least not that anyone is sure of.

[Avalon is certainly something, but Lance hasn't really made up his mind about her and although he does allow for the possibility that there are real psychics he's not going to say he truly believs in them.]

So I may need to ask you a few questions if there's something I don't understand about this, in order to be able to help.

[Although he says it as a statement, there's a clear unspoken 'if that's okay?' added on.]