"It's not a sure thing; nothing is," Jordan says. "But the odds will be against you if I don't help. Just let me help; it'll be quick and I won't see anything I'm not supposed to. That's not really how my abilities work."
"So you don't want to read my mind, just help uncover a memory that's been blocked?"
"That's exactly it!" Jordan says eagerly. "All you'll need to do is lay down. It should only take a minute or two."
You lead Jordan to your guest room before you have time for second thoughts and lay down on the bed. You try to get comfortable as She pulls up a chair beside you, but you just can't get your body to relax. "So walk me through this," you say. "How is it going to work?"
"The brain is like a library, right?" Jordan says. "A lot of the time our memories are still in there, but we've lost the index cards. That's why certain senses and experiences can trigger memories you'd forgotten about for years. Like a smell, taste, sound—you know, pretty much anything. If I can locate that index or whatever's blocking it, we could find out what you've forgotten!"
"I suppose that makes sense," you say. Honestly, the process is a bit more understandable than you'd originally assumed. "Let's give it a try."
"Okay," Jordan says excitedly, rubbing her hands together. "It should be quick. Ophelia calls this kind of thing "scrying," but I think of it more as an x-ray, except instead of seeing your bones and organs I'm looking at your aura. I won't be looking into any actual memories, so don't worry about that. Basically I'll be searching for something out of place or an outside influence. A blockage or repression."
"Do I need to do anything?" you ask.
"Not really," Jordan says. "Maybe you'd be more comfortable if you closed your eyes?"
"Okay," you say, leaning back in the bed.
"It will only take a second," she says. "Go on."
Close Your Eyes