“Did you do your Charisma thing?” I asked. “Yeah, did you feel it?” he asked. “Nah, I guess I’m immune,” I said with a triumphant smirk and he nodded, smirking back. Ha, sucker. “Okay, this might get weird, but at least your kind are tactile too, right?” I asked. “With our family we are,” he replied as he looked at me, the bond flaring a little sharper between us. “Which we are now, I suppose.”

