[His posture sagged a little at the comment, casting an apologetic expression her way.] Er... Yes, I suppose I could have led with the bad rather than end with it... But these things do only happen once every few months usually, and I’ve found a surprising amount of people are more apt to support one another than leave someone to deal with it alone.

[The how was something he didn’t fully understand himself, but he tried to explain it the best he could based upon what others and the sphere itself had said.] Well... From the way it’s been explained to me, the communication devices implanted behind our ear don’t really mesh properly with our biology? They’re connected to our brain... I think... [An uncomfortable frown, it’s really a weird thing to think about and he doesn’t like it even now.] So presumably the technology accidentally pulls from our minds when we’re not using almost as though we were.

[A hand gestured slightly as he continued,] And it seems that if it has direct access to our minds, it likely can work out what we fear.