A little bit, mostly in reading their tone. Though I must confess, it's much easier just to pick up what people mean when you can tell what they're really thinking.

[He's relied on it a long time so that he can rectify the difference between what people tell him and what they really mean. So many people lie, whether intentional or unconsciously, so that Ushahin has come to distrust most new interactions.]

But my friends here, those I am close to, I find no need for it. I can tell things more easily with them.