The vivid surroundings invaded Eudial's visuals immediately. Everyone besides her, Gaunt, and the cat were so... nonchalant. And yet the place looked anything but that. She tried to comprehend it for a moment, but it made her head hurt.
I understand you are both magical beings, while I'm afraid we cannot allow access to the public to the inner sanctum, we could perhaps test the both of you for latent psionic abilities - they are quite common where magic is already present!
Wait, a test???

Eudial could hear Gaunt speaking, but put it out of her mind at the moment. The other woman's words baffled her. Usually it was Dr. Tomoe who would give her tests, and nothing of the kind like this woman was mentioning. Moreover, she always failed at them. Psionic abilities? She could just as easily detach her limbs...

When Gaunt had finished his bit, it was her turn.

"Psionic abilities... pardon me for saying so, but you sound quite confident about finding them within us," said Eudial. "Have you other recruits that you first tested, with no obvious psionic abilities?" She could not dispel the disbelief from her voice, but another thing slipped through it as well. Desire. If... if it was true, then she would become quite powerful indeed...

All the same, fear crossed her face. Eudial never liked taking tests.