[i][/i] [quote=@Stern Algorithm] Vedika accepted Jason's attempts to mitigate blame on Ashleigh. "It's worth a shot," Vedika said slowly getting into a sitting position. Vedika was surprised to notice that Jason was right, something was weird. Her aura felt much smaller, tighter. "It feels like a knot," she said vaguely. She tried to expand her aura like she did during training, only this time, it was to expand it just to the limits of her body rather than outside of it. It was hard, and required more concentration, but doable. She felt a tingling sensation as feeling returned, but a sudden, disgusting, under-the-skin sensation came all over her body, forcing her aura to retract again. Though her face was stoic and her eyes closed, a wince appeared momentarily and she experienced a minor gag reflex. [i]What was that sensation?[/i] she thought to herself, her mind wandered back to Liam and Paulina again. "I could feel for a second, but something forced me back," Vedika said, probably being not at all helpful to Jason's attempts to investigate. [/quote] [i]Damn this is gonna be harder than I thought.[/i] Jason pushed his mind to the limit, however all the time in the world wasn't making it any easier to figure out. [i]It has to be some kind of defense mechanism.[/i] Going back to the root of the problem, it had seemed that Ashleigh hasn't directly done anything, but rather had tried to dissipate whatever negative energy or pain, had plagued Allister. [i]Her subconscious is attempting to, or at least was attempting to protect her from whatever Had been released from Allister. So she's gotta stop the defensive mechanism, possibly by tricking or suggesting, directly to her subconscious. And the only way to do that is...[/i] A light once again flashed within Jason's mind. [color=39b54a]"Vedika, I got it!"[/color] Jason said with excitement. [color=39b54a]"I know this is gonna sound strange, but you're going to have to let me hypnotize you."[/color] Jason knew how crazy it sounded, most people weren't aware of the fact that hypnosis was actually very possible, and not just Hollywood crap. [@stern algorithm]