The Speed of Thought2011

[Josh and Anna run into each other at a market]

Anna Manheim:
Hi!

Joshua Lazarus:
Hey.

Anna Manheim:
You're staying on the outside?

Joshua Lazarus:
We don't believe in being in people's heads if they don't want us there. Unless they're normals.

Anna Manheim:
Who's 'we'?

Joshua Lazarus:
There are others like us. Not many.

Anna Manheim:
You know, when I said, yesterday, "Get out," I didn't mean you had to get out of the house. I meant, get out from...

[she touches her forehead]

Anna Manheim:
...here. I wasn't prepared for it.

Joshua Lazarus:
You are now?

[He focuses, and they appear, facing each other, in the dark, dreamy area that is telepathy]

Joshua Lazarus:
Better this time?

Anna Manheim:
Better.

Joshua Lazarus:
You're fuzzy, you know.

Anna Manheim:
I know - I thought it had to be this way, but you're not.

Joshua Lazarus:
[He smiles] We'll fix it for you.

Anna Manheim:
I'm - it's okay, it doesn't bother me.

Joshua Lazarus:
Don't worry. It's an easy technique.