[h3]Shion[/h3]
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Shion blinked in surprise. "You didn't take it? Wow, you really are special, then. I don't know of any other non-adults who didn't go through it." Suddenly she decided that Bang was unique. It was like finding a Gekota toy with a manufacturing error, he wasn't quite "right," whatever that meant, but even the "flaw" just added to his value. And to think that someone tried to potentially kill such a rare gem. "I wonder what you'd end up with if you did..." She trailed off in thought until Bang asked his question.

"What's it like? I dunno, what's it like not being an Esper?" She paused. "I guess I can give two answers though. The scientific answer is that it's like being in your own little version of the world. Basically, we're all just delusional except that reality around us is delusional too, so it believes us despite our version of reality being 'wrong,' so to speak." 

Shion paused again. "That... actually wasn't very scientific, was it? That's the way I break it down in my head, though. We've got 'Personal Realities' that act through our AIM Fields to change the 'normal reality.' I might have a better answer later on once I've gotten through a year at Kirigaoka. I have to assume that they'd explain it better than the basics I've been taught."

She let a small piece of ice form in her hand as she thought. It was an almost existential question to ask. "I guess... I guess I have to go back to what I said at first. It's probably a lot like being delusional. I don't notice that my Personal Reality is different than 'normal,' it's just how the world is for me. But to a non-Esper it probably looks really foreign, like watching an insane person talk like they were sane." She sighed. "It probably doesn't help that I didn't get the normal education that comes with the curriculum program..." She looked at the sky as she let the ice fall from her hand. "Sorry that I can't give much of a good explanation." She stared at the sky for a moment before turning her attention back to Bang.

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