Pyro believed what Em could do was fucking amazing. His words, she rarely saw herself that way, but she reminded herself of it now. And even though she was often frustrated by how much she didn't see, Nathan and Alex and the rest of Excalibur who'd weighed in had said how much she helped them. And she knew her own gifts had some advantages compared to Nina's - just not in the middle of a fight.
"The cards are vague and mysterious?" she quoted slyly. It was about the only thing she remembered about the Simpsons.
Then, without the sharpness some people would use, "The stereotypical tarot reader is adept at cold reading - beginning with the traditional tarot interpretations and vague or universal messages and developing from there based on the querent's microexpressions and other input. And I've known fortune tellers who are incredibly skilled at it. I'm a mutant." Who'd also been taught cold reading, and she wasn't sure how she felt about what she could see from John.
"I wonder if Bobby's fallen into the freezer," she said, thinking maybe it was time to change topics, and he had been gone longer than needed to get bacon and a beer.
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Date: 2016-01-20 11:49 pm (UTC)"The cards are vague and mysterious?" she quoted slyly. It was about the only thing she remembered about the Simpsons.
Then, without the sharpness some people would use, "The stereotypical tarot reader is adept at cold reading - beginning with the traditional tarot interpretations and vague or universal messages and developing from there based on the querent's microexpressions and other input. And I've known fortune tellers who are incredibly skilled at it. I'm a mutant." Who'd also been taught cold reading, and she wasn't sure how she felt about what she could see from John.
"I wonder if Bobby's fallen into the freezer," she said, thinking maybe it was time to change topics, and he had been gone longer than needed to get bacon and a beer.