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(Sunday afternoon, INT: EB and JH's apartment)

JH: Seriously, I don't feel I can give informed consent to this procedure before I know what, exactly, it is you believe you're about to do to my brain.
NP: It's not a procedure. I'm just going to look at you. It's very holistic.
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JH: Well, if you're just looking at me, why do you need my permission? It's a sense. If it doesn't affect me, you could do it without me even knowing.
NP: It's just the way I've been trained to do it. Some people are uncomfortable around spiritual things.
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JH: Does it still work if I refuse to give you permission? If I stand here just utterly refusing to permit it, could you still get a read on me?
NP: I don't know. It's a healing ability. It never occurred to me to use it offensively.
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JH: Do you need eye contact? Can you do it to the back of my head? Can you use it to see people through walls?
EB: I believe it gets blocked by three feet of wood, one foot of stone, or a thin sheet of lead, but I'll be damned if I can find it in these fourth edition books...