"Afraid not," he responds. "And after a year here, I've never met anyone who could. Better to be prepared and know it's something they can do. Stick with other people as much as possible."

Which is no guarantee either, given how their abilities make it relatively easy for them to single people out, lure them away, even think they're truly separated like they had in that hallway. But at least it makes them have to do some extra work to get whatever it is they want.

"How about you, what have you got? Your fruit," he asks, then clarifies while trying to think back. Had she done anything unusual at all that whole time? Not that he can remember seeing.