"Old ones? No, my species is called human. We might look like other species that you know, but we came here through an anomaly from the far reaches of the universe.
The tall ones with us are the Hunters, who also hail from the same region of space as our people and have come to prevent the species on this side of the anomaly from invading us." Max explained.
"You can read minds? Wait, did I say that out loud? I don't even know anymore."
The Envoy was in the middle of a mental breakdown, so Max flexed his abilities in a way that he very rarely used to implant calm feelings into her mind until she got herself together again.
With luck, she would never know that it was even possible for him to influence thoughts or directly talk to others in their minds since it was mentally draining for him unless he was talking with the Illithid, who naturally communicated both ways.
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