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Psionics
Psionics in Shayne's world is the ability to use one's mind to affect the world around them, ranging from simple telekinesis to probability manipulation.

Telekinesis (TK)
The most basic of all powers, telekinesis is the ability to bring action into the world where very little had existed before. Telekinesis allows the psionically endowed individual to enact their will upon the world, generally in the form of movement or friction. It is through TK that all other powers are learned, as it involves the manipulation of energy in one form or another.

Pyrokenesis (PK)
The ability to create friction in a short enough time period, and in a large enough amount, to cause spontaneous combustion. This allows the psychic to burn any flammable material, and melt many others. Often referred to as the "Most Amusing Power Ever."

Cryokenesis (CK)
The ability to slow down molecular movement in a certain amount of space to create a "cold spot." This power can range from lowering the temperature of the air around yourself (or someone else) for comfort reasons, or freezing an opponent in their tracks. Can also be used to make certain pieces of tech function more efficiently, by increasing the electrical conductivity of many materials.

Electrokenesis (EK)
The ability to gather large amounts of electricity in a localized area, generally creating a bolt of lightning or something similar. Used by more affluent psychics to cheat at certain online games.

Photokenesis (LK)
The ability to manipulate light to create illusions or potent laser beams. The abbreviation "LK" is used to prevent confusion between it and Pyrokenesis, the "L" standing for "light." Can be used to create artificial shadows, illuminate dark areas, befuddle enemies, or optically camouflage oneself.

Audiokenesis (AK)
The ability to manipulate sound waves to produce false noises, or as a potent form of weaponry. Is often used in conjunction with Photokenesis to produce realistic illusions, and also as a form of audio camouflage.

Clairsentience (CS)
The ability to direct one or more senses from yourself to a single target, allowing you to experience that person's senses from their perspective. Most used in this field are clairvoyance and clairaudience, allowing a psychic to see and/or hear everything their target does. Psychics who spend a long time studying this field eventually learn to completely transfer their consciousness to their target, and usurp control of their body, in essence, possession. The most advanced psychics can also use this ability to drain a person of their psionic energy, or completely rob them of their "spirit," killing their target with no visible damage remaining.

Physical Effects
Psionics has a noticeable physical effect on the human body, most especially the brain. Physical signs of psionic endowment are as follows:


 * The Pituitary gland is around 5-10% larger than in normal humans, it is believed that this increased size is to accommodate certain psionic growth hormones, which trigger a person's Awakening.


 * While around the same size as is found in normal humans, the Amygdala is far denser than normal, averaging a 52% increase in density; in turn, this causes hyposexuality, decreased sense of fear, and decreased memory consolidation time.


 * The Claustrum is more pronounced, resulting in a waking state known as "hyperconsciousness."


 * The frontal lobe of the brain has generally the most pronounced changes, being, on average, 3-5 times more dense in a psychic than in a human. This results in enhanced long-term memory, increased sensations of pleasure, increased drive, enhanced sense of cause & effect relations, but a higher tendency toward obsessive-compulsive disorder, and schizophrenia.

For reasons currently unknown, psychics seem to live far longer than normal humans, and the more psionic potential a person has, the longer they live. This may be the cause of Morden Xeno's extreme longevity. However, physical aging for those who, like Xeno, possess abnormal amounts of psionic potential seems to slow to a near halt shortly after physical maturity is reached.

Also, psychics seem to have a tendency toward being hypoemotional; they experience emotions at a far lower level than normal humans, the effects of which ranging from being described as "cold" to having almost no emotional sensation at all, reacting in an almost machine-like manner to even the most extreme emotional stress, though this level of detachment is rare at best.