I had to give it to the creature. The mental work was excellent. Every ghost has the natural ability to cause fear, but this show was really good—so good, in fact, that I almost missed the slight poke in my mental landscape. The presence in my mind slowly made its way deeper, towards the part of the psyche where surface fears and phobias resided.
Breaking into someone's mind was difficult if you did not have a natural ability, like ghosts or seers. But even for those creatures, it was hazardous because to do so directly, you must establish a two-way connection.
And if you run into someone proficient in mind arts, it might not end up well for you. If I were a normal person, I would probably just wonder why I am thinking about some scary memory from the past right now, as the creature got a good look at my fears.
But I was not a normal person, and this was precisely what I was waiting for.
