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I can taste your lies, and numb your reality. Now. What does that mean? Well,
the first one is obvious, but you might be surprised to learn that lies taste
sweet. They actually taste really good. You might think it should be the
opposite, but what you have to understand is that my ability was something
that all humans possess, just to a lesser degree. We can all tell when
someone’s lying, depending on how good they are at being deceptive, and how
good we are at picking it up. Think about it, if someone tells a lie and it
tastes bad, it’s going to be quite obvious to you, and you’re just
going to reject it. Lies are meant to make you happy with something that isn’t
correct, so they tasted good to me, so they would feel good. Of course, I
wasn’t doing my job if I just accepted the taste, and didn’t do anything about
it. It wasn’t hard either, to ignore that part, and just use it as a tool to
get to the root of our subject’s issues. Only when they were honest with me
could I be sure they were being honest with themselves, and only at that point
could I help them not have to lie anymore. If you genuinely enjoy your job,
for instance, you won’t have to lie when your boss asks if you’re happy doing
it. My responsibility was to get the taste of these lies out of my head, which
didn’t involve anything beyond just talking with them in a therapeutic
setting. I’m the only one who almost never used my active Vulnerability gift.
There just wasn’t much reason to. The best use cases were when someone was
having a panic attack, and I happened to be in the room. By numbing them to
their struggles, they could gain some much-needed perspective, and maybe it
wouldn’t hurt so much when I brought them back to reality. It wasn’t always
prudent to do this, though. I mean, they really had to be going through it at
the time, and acting violent, or threatening to harm themselves or others. It
was a last resort that thankfully did not come up most of the time. There is
one time that I wish I had used it, and it was our last client. He could have
done with a hell of a lot less emotion on that night, and we would not have
ever been in danger from him. Or not. He might have used that against us as
well, fueling his anger, and making him even more vindictive. There’s no way
to know, but I think it all worked out, because the world has Landis now. I am
enjoying being able to walk into a restaurant, and taste food, knowing that
what I taste is real, and not coming from a lie coming out of someone else’s
mouth.
