"Every place has it's dark histories; unfortunately," Alessa responded. She was thinking of Silent Hill, but chose not to go into that right now. "What criteria did they use?" Alessa probably didn't need to know, but her curiosity had gotten the better of her. Again.
The young woman instantly knew that he was speaking of telepathy, a gift that she had once possessed, "Back in my world speaking to someone without opening your mouth; reading someone's mind was called 'telepathy'. I used to have that ability; very strong too, but that was stripped away when I got here. It doesn't surprise me that playing tricks on him would have been difficult."
She pondered a moment, before finally saying, "Losing somethings causes you to focus and hone on what you do have."