Syncing was the last resort to neutralize a strong reader who had gone rogue. Tennal had never read up on the details, because why think about the worst-case scenario, but he knew the basics. An architect could link their mind irrevocably with a reader’s. Once they’d done that to you, that was it: no more defenses, not even your own natural walls. The architect could write you as easily as lifting a finger. You’d lost. That was why the army took rogue readers. They couldn’t cause trouble after that.
