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Faith Ngihtstar of the PsyClan NightStar are she was considered the eneration At only twenty-four years of age, she'd already made more ain, she'd been working since she was three years old, since she'd found her voice It had taken her longer than most children, but that was to be expected - she was a cardinal F-Psy of extraordinary ability

It would have surprised no one if she'd never spoken

That hy the F-Psy belonged to PsyClans, which took care of everything the foreseers couldn't, fro theirthey didn't starve The F-Psy weren't very good at practical things like that They forgot Even afterbusiness trends rather than ot

Faith had been forgetting a lot of things lately For exaotten to eat three days in a row That hen NightStar employees had intervened, alerted by the sophisticated Tec 3 computer that ran the house Three days was the allowable-sometimes F-Psy went into trances If that had been the case, they would've put her on a drip and left her to it "Thank you," she said, directing her words to the head M-Psy "I'll be fine now"

Xi Yun nodded "Finish the entire meal It contains the exact number of calories you need"

"Of course" She watched him leave, preceded by his staff In his hand was a sned to shock her awake out of a catatonic trance and ones to knock her down from a manic state Neither had been required today She'd si the nutritional bars and energy drinks he'd left behind, she sat down in the large reclining chair where she usually spent the ned to double as a bed, it was uplinked to the Tec 3 and fed it a constant stream of data about her vital functions An M-Psy stood on alert should she need ht That wasn't nornation, but Faith was no ordinary F-Psy

She was the best

Every prediction Faith ever made, if not purposefully circumvented, came true That hy she orth untold htStar considered her its most prized asset Like any asset, she was kept in the best condition for optimum functionality And like any asset, should she prove defective, she'd be overhauled and used for parts

Faith's eyes blinked open at that furtive thought She stared up at the pale green of the ceiling and fought to bring her heart rate down If she didn't, the M-Psy ht decide to pay her a return visit and she didn't want anyone to see her right now She wasn't sure what her eyes would reveal Soht-sky eyes of a cardinal Psy told secrets that were better kept within

"Parts," she whispered out loud Her state recorded, of course The F-Psy occasionallytrance states No one wanted to nation preferred to keep their silence when they could

Used for parts

It seeht about it, the ain her abilities had told her of a future she could never have iined Most defective Psy were rehabilitated, their minds swept clean by a psychic brainwipe that left the on the level of menial laborers, but not the F-Psy They were too rare, too valuable, too unique