How to counter the mind reading technique

                              It took a while, but Alissa eventually gave up on asking what happened. At first, Ryan thought about telling her in order to warn the others, but in the end, that was unnecessary. It was pretty obvious that those sapient monsters had a lot of pride, so the chances of them going to attack other humans relatively close to Ryan to annoy him were quite low. Besides, even though it might be dangerous, the base survivors have been training to obtain the strength to protect themselves. So, Ryan didn't have to worry about Arthur's safety, even more so when Alissa was so close to him.

"I am starting to think that I should return to the times where I read your mind," Alissa said. "Since you do so many things that piss me off, maybe I should do the same."

"Go on, I give you permission to do it," Ryan said full of confidence.