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Third floor common room, Wednesday Morning

In this weather Leto was thankful for the hooded cloak, made for cold desert nights, that he had brought with him. Apart from that, he didn't mind the weather - he remembered snow of course, but he hadn't actually experienced it, and now he had made himself comfortable on the common room couch, looking out the window and letting the fireplace and a large cup of spice coffee warm him.

In front of him was a chess board and he moved the pieces quickly, playing both sides. He missed Ghani, but when she wasn't here he could at least try to emulate one of her games.

[open!]

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Okay, now she was blocked in on the board in one corner, and was going to lose a couple pawns unless she broke out the rook. Which looked like a bad idea, but hey, what else could she do?

"No one I know of right now. Although I've heard some of the other students have abilities too. I'm hoping one of them can point me to a good teacher," Dinah admitted, pushing the rook halfway across the board with the tip of her finger. "Barbara used to make me meditate and focus. Sometimes it helped." When Dinah didn't get distracted or impatient.

He had all the knowledge of the Bene Gesserit available to him. On the other hand, so did Ghanima. "Perhaps you could talk to my sister," he suggested, taking another one of her pawns.

"Did she study with the Bene Gesserit too?" Dinah asked, then frowned at the board. Just for that, she took another one of his pawns with her knight... leaving a rather large opening behind her.

"You probably shouldn't mention this to Arthur," she said, her tone a little more subdued. "Merlin didn't think he'd take it very well right now."

"None of us trained with them," he said quickly. "But their knowledge has been available to us." And he took her knight. "And I stay away from any subject that Arthur can think of as magic." He grinned at Dinah. "It seems the wise course of action."

"Hey!" Dinah protested, looking for somewhere else to hit back, and not finding anything. She gave him a mock-glare, then moved her other rook forward, ready to attack again. "Good. I mean, it isn't magic. I'm not even very good at it. But I don't need him yelling at me." She tilted her head. "Do you think your sister would mind? If I asked?"

It might be weird, since she was Leto's sister... but no. Hopefully she wouldn't think Dinah was a complete twink for asking.

"My sister would give you a straight answer," he replied, taking the rook as well. "Did you tell Merlin?"

"Yes. I showed him the telekinesis, and he took it okay. He's way more flexible than Arthur. But I guess he'd have to be and hey." She gave the board a look of dismay, and took another pawn just to do something. "Tony knows too. I don't want to have to lie about it. Everyone I've told here has been great." She flashed him another smile. "But since Arthur's, you know. Arthur? I'm not going to push it." Thoughtfully, she said, "Maybe I'll stop by her office hours. She's been here a while too, so. Maybe she knows who could help, if can't."

"She might," he said, taking another pawn. "Is there anything else you can do?"

Dinah counted how many pawns she had left, and took one of his bishops, even though it left her knight open. "Um. Well, sort of. I have these dreams, sometimes. If someone I care about is in trouble. Not very often, and it's not ... they don't come before something happens. And, um." She fiddled with one of the captured pawns, not looking at him. "Sometimes, when I touch someone, I get a flash of what they're thinking." She looked up at him and added very quickly, "Not you though. That hasn't happened, I swear."

That she couldn't hear anything from him didn't surprise Leto. "That's a heavy burden to carry by yourself," he said quietly, taking her knight. "Checkmate." He looked up and smiled at Dinah. "Thank you."

"What?" Dinah stared at the board, only seeing the trap now, and the way his knight had a full shot at her King as well as from his other bishop. She could block one of them, but no way both. "Shoot! I didn't see that at all...." She moved her remaining knight back and forth, pulled out another pawn, then her bishop, turned the board sideways, then finally gave up and plinked over her King with her finger. "And I've had my sisters to help, but they don't have the same abilities, so. It only goes so far." She sighed. "It's nice feeling like no one here would call me a freak for it, though. Mostly."

"Arthur wouldn't call you a freak, he might call you a sorceress," Leto noted, leaning back and stretching his arms. Then he leaned forward again, and nudged her fingers. "I certainly wouldn't."

[bedtime!]

Dinah looked at him from the corner of her eye, then nudged his hand in return. Smiling. "Thanks."

[Niiight!]

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