Honestly? I think he needs to be the one who decides to reach out to people. Otherwise it's very likely that he's just going to slip back into his denial thing.
He's been doing it for basically his entire life since he was a kid, you know? Other than when his wife disappeared.
[Ten eyes Alex with wide and understanding eyes, while head nodding slightly.]
That's fair.
Well, I can imagine being a human in a society that doesn't embrace that sort of ability. That, and - the sigma that is attached to teleksis. Pyshic abilites. The fear of being hypnotized or having your mind read, unwilling.
Right to be afraid of them? I don't understand. Are you talking about like the Order and the Mantle thing or is it something more generalized?
Because being afraid of something that's been a part of you doesn't seem like it'd be very good for a person. I mean it's basically destroyed Richard's life and made him a shell of walls and hurt.
The right to be afraid of those abilities to a healthy degree. Because having those abilities opens the temptation of reading minds. Hypnosis.
He does need to embrace that part of himself. But also understand that with his abilities he needs to resist temptations.
[The Doctor's eyes are full of sypathmy]
I'd would think having to hide who you are because of the fear of being hounded or experimented on... and not having a society that embraced your gift right away.
I don’t think he can read minds. I think he can find things. People. He found...
[Alex just lets the sentence drop but she frowns and just rests her chin on her hand for a moment.]
The ironic thing is that his Institute back home would be the thing that’s calling for him to be tested on. He never believed anything without hard scientific proof.
no subject
Would you like me to talk to him?
no subject
He's been doing it for basically his entire life since he was a kid, you know? Other than when his wife disappeared.
no subject
That's fair.
Well, I can imagine being a human in a society that doesn't embrace that sort of ability. That, and - the sigma that is attached to teleksis. Pyshic abilites. The fear of being hypnotized or having your mind read, unwilling.
And, he's right to be afraid of those abilities.
no subject
Because being afraid of something that's been a part of you doesn't seem like it'd be very good for a person. I mean it's basically destroyed Richard's life and made him a shell of walls and hurt.
no subject
He does need to embrace that part of himself. But also understand that with his abilities he needs to resist temptations.
[The Doctor's eyes are full of sypathmy]
I'd would think having to hide who you are because of the fear of being hounded or experimented on... and not having a society that embraced your gift right away.
no subject
I don’t think he can read minds. I think he can find things. People. He found...
[Alex just lets the sentence drop but she frowns and just rests her chin on her hand for a moment.]
The ironic thing is that his Institute back home would be the thing that’s calling for him to be tested on. He never believed anything without hard scientific proof.