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heard that you were in the middle of the test I figured you would be fine without me, so I led the reader as far away as I could, then climbed back down the tree and quietly snuck back into the house and up to bed.  When I got back downstairs and noticed that the reader was still out looking for me, I felt bad so I looked about the living room and thought about everything I saw.  He must have gotten the message of where I was, since he came back in shortly thereafter.”
    Donny and Jay had a good laugh about the whole thing.
     
     
     
     
     
    “REPORT.”
    Silence.
    “I said report.”
    “He is a reader, sir.”
    “I am well aware of that.  I was in there testing him.  You spent the last twenty-four hours in the boy’s head.  I want to know what else you discovered.”
    “He did not know he was a reader, sir.  The whole time we were tailing him we could see that the pictures were there, but he thought they were his imagination.  He finally realized he was reading minds during his English class just before he was called to the office and left the school to go back to his house.  It appears the images are a fairly recent development.  The most likely situation is that the images started recently, and during the test with Lieutenant Rogers he did not understand that the images were telling him the answer.  The other possibility is that it began between the time of the test and our beginning to shadow him.”
    “I find it incredibly unlikely that he would develop such a full ability within a day.  Is it possible he has had this ability for a while and has been hiding it, and was just playing with Lieutenant Rogers?”
    “No, sir, the ability was weak when we first arrived.  It grew throughout the time we were following him.  The only hesitation in its growth seems to have happened between the time of his leaving the school and our catching up with him again.  When we arrived at the house the ability was back to its weakened state, however it grew back up quickly, and continued to grow until…”
    “Until what soldiers?”
    “Until he blocked us sir.”
    Lieutenant Williams was not pleased.  “At what point did he block you, and how long did it take you to get back in?”
    “Sir, his images began to fade when we moved in to show our identification, while we were still in the driveway.  By the time we had moved into the house, we could see nothing.  We moved into full concentration, and got through for a few moments, but shortly after you began talking in the den we were suddenly thrust out and blocked from his thoughts completely.”
    “How long did it take you to get back in?”
    “We…we were unable to reconnect with the older boy.”  They could see Captain Williams turning red with anger.  They had to say something to redeem themselves.  “We believe the younger one may be of interest as well.”
    “I do not care about the younger one; we are here about the older boy.”
    “By interest, we mean he may have an ability .”  This statement at least temporarily distracted Captain Williams from his anger, so they decided it was wise to continue.  The one who had previously attempted to apprehend Donny began to explain.  “It is possible that he is also a reader.  He figured out how to message Jay in surprising speed, and even attempted to block me at one point, although it was a weak and ineffective attempt.  He showed no sign, however, of actually being able to read other minds, and we could see no pictures in his head.  It is also unlikely that two readers would come from the same family.  The more likely scenario is that the younger boy has super speed.”
    “Explain the basis for this assessment.”
    “Sir, the boy was in the bushes outside your window, but the instant I turned the corner of the house he disappeared from the spot.” 
    “He cannot be faster than your eyesight, soldier.  He must have suspected you were coming and changed location.”
    “Yes, sir, however