Let Me Ask Her the Questions

Luke looks at Alexia & says, "I think we should go & let them talk personally."

Luke looks at John, "You got this, John?"

John looks at Luke, "Yeah, I got this, Luke. I'll tell you if anything happens, or I learn something big that might help us."

Luke nods his head, then looks at Alexia & quietly tells her, "Alright, let's go."

Luke & Alexia walked out together & shut the door behind them. John turns to Jasmine & asks, "Ok, now that you & I are alone together, what can you tell me? What is it that they can not hear? Or, not allowed to hear, I guess?"

Jasmine smiles & says, "Ok, fine. What do you want to know now? I'm all ears & I can tell you almost anything besides anything regarding Valentino."

John thinks for a moment, then asks, "Ok, well how about this: are you a Psychic User too like me?"

Jasmine takes a small sigh of disappointment, then replies in a sad tone of voice, "Yes, I am, but I'm different in a way on how I can use my powers. I'm not like other Psychic Users. I, sometimes, have a hard time trying to use my powers. So I only use my abilities if I ABSOLUTELY have to. Using my powers is very taxing on my mind & even on my body at times. There are a very few rare times that I can use my powers without it hurting me."

John looks at Jasmine with a confused expression on his face, ponders what she said, then asks her curiously, "Why is that? What makes it so hard for you to use your powers? How does this make you different from the others?"

Jasmine replies, "Well, I'm one of 2 Psychic User agents that Valentino has hired. So the fact that I have a problem using my powers makes a big deal."

John thinks for a moment about what she said, then replies, "Why not he hire other 'Users' to help him? I mean, I'm assuming other Users aren't bad people. So why not hire & train them?"

Jasmine rolls her eyes, "Yes, there are Users that could be promising agents that would be great at doing some of the jobs we are assigned. They also have to be trustworthy with some of the top-secret stuff that we're told & have to remember," she pauses for a moment & then says, "We also have to remember all the unique codes for help & everything else. Trust me. There's A LOT to remember!" she thinks for a moment & continues, "So the agents have to be trustworthy & competent to make sure that they don't have to forget about all the stuff they need to know!"

John ponders what she said & then curiously asks, "How many special codes are there?"

Jasmines let out a small chuckle, smiles, & says, "Now that's top secret! Sorry, John."

John nods his head & asks in a confused tone, "So how do you deal with not being able to use your powers to the max potential? If it's so hard on you, how do you continue doing the missions that you're assigned?"

Jasmine replies, "That's a good question, but sadly I can't tell you because that's classified, sorry. All I can say is that, as I said before, I use my powers as little as possible."

John thinks for a moment & responds with, "So there is a way for you to keep using your powers without it causing problems or hurting you? That's what I'm assuming by you saying it's classified. Because, if you think about it, what's so classified about not using your powers so much?"