Don't think

Yesterday, we saw MINIMCOM reactivate one of Rome's dormant set of PPT transceivers. The plan is for her to flood Rei's brain with dual sets of gravitic resonance and pick up the resulting vibrations using her EM receiver. Basically, she has the equivalent of the Espansor bands built into her head. It is time to moving on to the training phase of this exercise, one in which Rei is not permitted to do much of anything. I think he is in for a treat:

     Rome knelt down in front of Rei and took his hands in hers then looked up into his eyes.
     “Bonnie is spending the night in MINIMCOM,” she said. “OMCOM’s livetar is standing guard by the door and has set up surveillance devices around the perimeter of the house. We are safe and alone for the evening.”
     “OK,” Rei said, smiling. “Now what?”
     Rome picked up each of Rei’s hands and kissed first one then the other very tenderly.
     “Mau emir, I love you more than anything and I know that you love me.”
     “Of course,” Rei said uncertainly. “What’s that got to do with you learning to be a telepath?”
     “No Vuduri could ever understand this but our love travels in all dimensions. Our minds, our hearts, our bodies.”
     Rei nodded.
     “When we make love, it is not simply a sex act; it is the very definition of our expressing our love for each other via the flesh. As my lover and my friend and my Asborodi Cimponeti, you are always so careful to show this to me in, how should I say this, taking care of my needs?”
     “Well, sure,” Rei said.
     “In order for me to train my brain to use these new capabilities, I need your brain absolutely blank. You need to think only the most primitive of thoughts and I must be able to control them. OMCOM was very explicit regarding the training. He and I agreed that sexual pleasure is by far the simplest to effect. I must do things that I know will bring you pleasure and I must sense that pleasure. ”
     “Well, I think I can cooperate,” Rei said with a goofy grin on his face. “We’ve done this before.”
     “No. This time must be different. Tonight, I need you to think of nothing else other than yourself. You cannot think about me at all.” Rome squeezed Rei’s hands for emphasis.
     “What do you mean? How do I not think about you?” Rei asked, gazing down at his beautiful wife.

How many times does this happen in your life? Not many, I bet. Rei is in heaven and Rome learns to reads minds. I'd call that a win-win.