"I can help you", I suddenly heard in my mind. Those weren't really words, which I discovered a second or maybe two later, as I focused on them more. Those were raw thoughts that just bloomed in my mind like an uninvited weed that grows even in the most carefully tended garden.
"Hope?", I asked, because that's the only person whom I could think of. That mysterious being was definitely there, waiting, observing. The other psionic like The Great One, was currently too busy to contact me at all.
"It's me, Hope", I heard in response. "I've seen your struggle. I've seen the struggle of those you care for. I've seen them pay with their lives to make sure the mission would succeed. I can help. Allow me in", I was told.
