[Dominique has waded through an ocean's worth of thoughts and emotions that one would imagine that people were no longer a novelty to him. But for the time being, every single drop in said ocean has been fascinating to him one way or another. Another way to describe it, that people were unwilling, open books.

Sure, like the physical object, there are people who are hardly worth the time sifting through, but more often than not, being able to peek at the pages of someone's psyche acting out in their head was just like reading an intriguing excerpt of who they are.

It is unfortunate, for Claude Aubert, that Dom finds his organized and controlled thoughts instantly interesting.

He responds with ease and without the awkward pause, less practiced telepaths were prone to.]

Nah, you're good. I was just catching up with Oren over there.

[A casual thumb gestures to the golem who is very pointedly ignoring him.]

In a manner of speaking. I'm surprised he let me sit here at all.