Part X

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"Why are you showing me this, telling me this?" Shraron demanded, placing the photo on the table and looking away as if denying its presence could make what they had told her less real. "We're going tomorrow, we're not going to be in your way anymore. What could you possibly get out of telling me all this?"

"We needed to warn you Sharon. I don't want you to be at risk, I want you to stop trying to return Eber's memories."

"You think I could release this" She gestured at the picture. "Again?"

"I think she would be worse now if she was returned to that state of mind. When she was younger the only motives she had were her own fear and anger. Think about all that has happened to her since then to urge her on."

"You don't understand, I can't stop myself, it's automatic. The first thing I do when I enter Eber's memory room is test the wall. It's such a presence that I can't help myself."

"Can't you just avoid going into the memory room?" Brennan asked.

"Yes, but I'm not going to be able to hide this from her easily."

"Why not?"

"When we talk telepathically, what do you hear?" She asked Jesse.

"You of course, talking to me." Adam and Brennan looked up, not having heard the question.

"And that is all you hear. Have you tried talking back to me?"

"Replying telepathically? Don't you just pick that up anyway?"

"No, it takes practice to be able to reply in kind. Practice like that makes you more open to what I say. Not just to what you might hear me say but other things that I might think and project accidentally." She spoke so that they could all hear her.

"So you're saying that because Eber's being talking with you telepathically for a long time she can effectively read your mind when ever you talk."

"Not just when we talk, whenever our eyes meet. This isn't something with an easy fix."

"It's not true. I won't believe it." She repeated to herself as she walked along the corridors, wishing she believed herself.

"What isn't true?" Eber asked, appearing before her. Sharon gasped, spinning away from Eber's curious eyes and dashing from the room. Confused, Eber followed, catching hold of Sharon's arm for a moment to slow her.

[What's going on?] She asked when Sharon refused to meet her eyes.

[Sorry.] Sharon replied, pulling out of her grasp and running from the room.

"What have you done." Blue eyes met blue eyes across the room.

"I don't know, what have we done?" Jesse asked.

"You don't even see it do you? We can't talk anymore. I'm scared of hurting her by showing her what I know, and I'm hurting her because I can't even explain why I can't talk to her. You've destroyed out friendship. We only have each other, do you understand that? We're supposed to be leaving tomorrow."

"Do you always talk telepathically when you're angry?"

"It's easier to find the words."

"What are you going to do?"

"Maybe find a way to erase the last day and leave when I decide rather than listening to Adam."

"When you decide?" Jesse enquired, curious at her phrasing. "What did Eber have to say about your decision to leave? I didn't have a chance to talk to her before you stormed off last night." She sighed.

"She wanted to give you another chance. She wanted to stay. She doesn't understand the problems we're causing for you. She wants a home."

"And you were going to take her away from that? Why?"

"Because I can't cope with the memories you're throwing around. She may be happy here, but I can't live with three other people's memories all the time. I'm too open for that."

"Does Eber not affect you like that?"

"She doesn't have that many memories in the first place. She's quiet compared to you, to anyone else."

"Why do you keep trying to bring her memories back then? Surely it would be better for you if you left her as she is."

"You think I could be that evil, leave her with no knowledge of her past just because it would be better for me? You've asked me to stop and you've given me a good reason, for that I'll avoid doing anything. But I couldn't do it just for me."

"But you wanted to take her away from here, where she's happy." Jesse put in. Leaving her with that thought he walked out.