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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BoldItalic" data-source="post: 7216403" data-attributes="member: 6777052">I need you to............" ....... wait here as our anchorman. It is very important that we have somewhere to come back to." As she said this, Tasha noticed Albert listening intently. More intently than people usually listen. She tried to read his mind and - it wasn't there. Just like the geranium. To her telepathic senses, Albert wasn't there. All the others were there, just not him. Was he mentally stealthed?"Albert, have you gone stealthy?" she wondered out loud."Er ... sorry, I was just practising. How did you know? Wasn't it working?""Oh yes, it was working. But I just noticed a complete absence of Alberts. That's how I knew.""Hmm. I must work on that.""What's going on?" asked Adeliva. "Albert is right there. We can see him.""We can't see his mind. He's gone psionically stealthy.""Oh, wow! I didn't see that coming.""So it works, then.""Pity we can't all do it," Goatee suggested. "Be great for scouting out the templar's place.""I can project my mind," suggested Tasha, "but I can't make it hidden. Albert can hide his mind but he would have to walk around with it. Adeliva can expect the unexpected. Footnote can control people. Goat can make stuff happen. What we need is ... a way to ... mind meld ... five ways ... into one ... awesome entity ... that can do ... all the things ...""... ?""Can we do it?"YES !Budge over a bit, it's crowded in here.Watch where you're putting your feet!I can't see much. Is it always dark in here?Keep still, I'm trying to move Us around.Whee! Not so fast!Is that what we are called? Us?Sounds good to me.There is movement. Where is Us going?Shields up. The mansion is just ahead.There are archers on the roof.They are of no concern.There are slaves in the hall. Behind that curtain.They are of no concern.How do we find the templar?He is radiating power. ThereHis mind is shielded. Like a helmet of silver.He keeps his mind guarded at all times.But not his body.He relies on magic for that.There is a weakness. There.Where?See those thoughts, running up and down in his chest? They are the unconscious thoughts of his autonomic nervous system. He is not aware of them and has not shielded them.They do not say anything.No, but they are keeping him alive.What happens if we make them stop?Let's find out. Halberd, slice there and there.In his study, surrounded by the treasures he had looted and guarded against every form of magic, physical intrusion and psionic forces known to the templars, Forlam cried out once, collapsed and died of a heart attack. All attempts to revive him failed. They put it down to old age.So, that's done, How do we get back to our bodies?We return to where Rikus is waiting with the geranium. He is our anchor. There."That was amazing," said Goatee. "Did we really do that, or did we imagine it?""We'll soon find out," murmured Albert. "Here comes that Borys Returns fellow.""I'm sorry," said the mysterious revolutionary, "the mission is off. It seems that Forlam has just died of old age so there's no need for you to bother. We'll find something else for you to do.""Not so fast," said Tasha. "It wasn't old age. We know. We were there. We cut through the nerves going to his heart, inside his chest. We killed him for you, fair and square.""Why should I believe this absurd claim?""Show him, Footnote."And Footnote did ...</blockquote>

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