"Okay, well, I've been doing research with Dr. D'amondra on the Venasian
Bond, specifically how it affects non-Venasians, and more specifically, how
it slows the progress of certain medical conditions. Is that what the
Ambassador wanted me to call you about?"
> >
> "I believe that it will be helpful. Please continue."
>
"All right." Lucas Ryan was a dapper young man, but still wasn't quite used
to speaking directly with high rank. He continued, running on a little,
"Keep in mind we're still in the early stages of research; we've never been
able to look into Venasian physiology before. I don't know whether you know
how the Venasian Bond works, but in a nutshell, it's water-based. Which
kind of makes sense since they're an aquatic species. As far as I've been
able to tell so far, the Bond has something to do with a combination of
water and magnetic fields in their bodies, and their telepathic abilities.
But I'm not sure yet how that's possible, especially over such long
distances.
"Anyway, a Venasian Bond is pretty straight-forward. A VHB - sorry, that's
short fo Venasian-Human Bond- well, it's kind of tricky. Of course, we've
never had to study it before. As far as I can tell, the VHB is incomplete:
it has the water and magnetic component, but is missing the telepathic
component. It's like trying to dock with 3 mooring clamps instead of 4 -
one is free. So, some information can be passed in either direction - the
Bond-ed might be able to 'feel' what the Bond-er is feeling, or
vice-versa... but it would be a remote feeling. That wouldn't happen with a
normal Bond; you would be directly affected. Of course, there are degrees.
Maybe you do get directly affected, but it's only when the emotion is
especially strong."
Lucas paused to catch his breath, and to see if they had any questions.
Lasiter looked around the room to see if there were any questions. This
was mainly for their benefit. "
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