"It's only an advantage if you sought to use it against me," she replied, moving through the block again and resetting.

Clearly he didn't, and barring some sort of personality shift, the chances of it were unlikely. When she next moved through the block, she added another step, a short counter, then paused for him to catch up.

"I know what it's like to lose yourself in the lives of others," she said, "Not to the extent that you do, and it isn't exactly the same, but close enough that I can...empathize to some extent."

Once he had joined her, she repeated the movement, adding a third step, then moved back a few paces to reset.