Blushounds worked for other morally ambiguous people as well, which made this even trickier. If they were involved here, though, Jane was pretty certain they were using their “talents” for New Dawn. Their greatest tool was a twisted form of empathy, quite literally. They had the ability to sense—to “sniff”—emotions left by people. Negative emotions were easiest for them to track, but trained blushounds knew how to track any emotional traces left behind on cloth or in rooms. That, and the way that using this skill caused a brilliant, almost glowing blush and heat across their skin, had given
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