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She gets feedback from the pain it causes him when she works to get through his mental defenses, defenses that get stronger when she probes directly into HTT-related matters, and those probes only get her vague images. He doesn't seem to be involved with the triad's heroin dealing, but "images of fan-tan cards and paigow dominoes" confirm Investigations' report of his rank in the gambling side.
Deeper probes raise up deeper images:
Yukiko concludes that those final shadowy images represent the Triad's nova enforcers. She says she's willing to probe deeper tomorrow, but warns that there's a very real possibility that Ma will simply die of fright.
August 9
[Aberrant] Yukiko Takemitsu files a report on telepathic scans of Ma Yuo, a presumed Heaven Thunder Triad member.
She gets feedback from the pain it causes him when she works to get through his mental defenses, defenses that get stronger when she probes directly into HTT-related matters, and those probes only get her vague images. He doesn't seem to be involved with the triad's heroin dealing, but "images of fan-tan cards and paigow dominoes" confirm Investigations' report of his rank in the gambling side.
Deeper probes raise up deeper images:
the repeated chant of oaths of loyalty, many oaths of loyalty. In all, a gruesome fate is promised if he reveals the secrets. The chanting is accompanied by shadowy images — demons with the smiles of sharks, a man on fire, a gout of green smoke with the lips of a woman. At this point, the pain becomes too great, and I am forced to withdraw.
Yukiko concludes that those final shadowy images represent the Triad's nova enforcers. She says she's willing to probe deeper tomorrow, but warns that there's a very real possibility that Ma will simply die of fright.
