Alice’s growing enthusiasm would have induced some kind of suspicion inside most people, but not for Lucas. He was too interesting in listening to her to notice her changing body language. Hearing about all these mental capabilities was so exciting for him, even though he didn’t really know why. Maybe it was because he felt connected in a way with a girl. He knew there were psychics out there, but he had never personally met one, or heard about one for that matter. Either way it was equally as frightening as it was cool to hear about how much the girl could apparently find out about almost anything.

Lucas took a bite of his pizza and continued to listen to her intently, still very intrigued by all this.

“That’s so cool,” he said after having swallowed. “A little scary,” he admitted, “but mostly really cool.”

He bit his lip nervously for a second. Finally, he opened his mouth to speak. “I know you promised not to… but can you tell me who it is?” he asked innocently.