She gave me a sympathetic smile. “I am a Temern, but my husband possesses an extremely rare trait amongst our people. He is what we call an Edal—an empath who can hear souls. The rest of us can feel emotions, but he goes beyond that. When I asked him to describe it, Kayog said it sounds almost like a melody to him. Each person has a unique song that can only be matched by their soulmate. The same way you recognize someone by their face or voice, my husband recognizes souls by their song. When you hear a popular song, even when interpreted by someone else, with different instruments, and even
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