Marked by the Alpha
According to him, Mind Workers, despite their apparent prowess, had to thrive on subtlety as each individual mind was a dark and unknowable labyrinth that even they could get lost in if care was not taken.
One did not try to force their way into a mind that did not want them or worse yet, one they did not understand.
The latter was why they did not try to manipulate animals, because their thoughts existed on a plane different from ours. We may have shared certain traits with them, but it did not make us similar.
It was possible to bludgeon your way through an unwilling mind, but that would take its toll on even the most gifted Mind Worker—a toll I was seeing play out in real time now as I wa