10. "It's called Psychokinesis-Living Targets." She explains through a mouthful of chocolate chips and caramel. "PK-LT for short-God, this is so good-and it's a phenomenon in the human brain that activates during elevated stress (par exemple, your rage) and results in superhuman qualities such as your strength. You gonna eat that?" She waves a spoon at the plate in front of him.

Shizuo's staring across the table at her as though she's peeled off her own face and confessed she's actually a panda. "You're off your rocker, you know that, right?"

Mai shrugs, feeling a little self-conscious but doesn't let it show and says indignantly, "You bought me ice-cream. I didn't know what else to talk about. Not to mention you still haven't told me what the occasion is."

"Can't I treat a friend?" He takes a bite of his coffee cake, decides he doesn't like the flavor and pushes it towards her. "Isn't PK a spoon-bending thing, though?"

"It is, but you've got a different kind. PK is classified into three groups: stationary targets, moving targets, and living targets. My best guess is you've got the living targets variety, only I've never seen or heard of a case like this before." She sets her spoon aside and gestures with her hands. "See, usually PK is the ability to 'influence' something with your mind, like willing a spoon to bend in PK-ST and a dice to land on six in PK-MT. If you really have PK-LT, then you're unique because you influence your own body rather than another living being."

At first, she thinks her words are completely lost on him, but he nods in consideration and asks, "So you have this PK ability, too, or something?"

"No, I've got ESP, or extrasensory perception. I sense things normal people don't."

"You make it sound as though we aren't normal."

Mai flinches at his dubious tone. "Sorry, I misspoke. What I meant is….well, no. I meant everything I said. I'm not normal and proud of it." She sits back in her chair and crosses her arms, smug. "So there."

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Author's Notes: Special thanks to Scordatura for sending me the link for Durararara! 3-Way Standoff.

Ghost Hunt is owned by Fuyumi Ono and Shiho Inada.

Durarara! is owned by Ryohgo Narita, Suzuhito Yasuda, and Akiyo Satorigi.