[ A curse. Lord, that's sure what it's always felt like. Most people talked about their mutations as "gifts" and learned to love having them, but she'd never really had that kind of luxury. Perhaps if she'd ever been able to control it, even once, she would view it in a different light. ]

It isn't for the other person, not usually. It is for me, though. I've got hundreds of people crammed into my head, whole copies of their psyches just chattering away.