Cassandra's eyes widened as words she didn't think erupted into her mind.  

Mind mages.  Or, at least one.  What were you supposed to do to prevent your mind being read?  Reciting nursury rhymes was a good basic defense, but it didn't allow you to keep actually [i]thinking.[/i]  She supposed there must be people like this around here, anyway.  And it's not like she had any secrets.

The events when the [i]other[/i] princess had stormed the noble dorms flitted into her mind, followed by those few times she and Dominique had been alone together.  Now if she could go burn [i]his[/i] stuff, that'd be something.  

[color=f26522]"Yeah,"[/color] she said finally, quietly.  [color=f26522]"Alright, I'm pretty good at fire.  But how do we keep them from taking it out on their mages?"[/color]