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good thing, too. I imagine the atmosphere got a little tense
when Carlisle had to rebreak the fractures -“
“Please, Alice.”
“Sorry.”
I took a deep breath to steady myself. Jacob had begun healing
too quickly, and some of his bones had set wrong. He’d been
out cold for the process, but it was still hard to think about.
“Alice, can I ask you a question? About the future?” She was
suddenly wary. “You know I don’t see everything.”
“It’s not that, exactly. But you do see my future, sometimes.
Why is that, do you think, when nothing else works on me?
Not what Jane can do, or Edward or Aro …” My sentence
trailed off with my interest level. My curiosity on this point
was fleeting, heavily overshadowed by more pressing
emotions.
Alice, however, found the question very interesting. “Jasper,
too, Bella - his talent works on your body just as well as it
does on anyone else’s. That’s the difference, do you see it?
Jasper’s abilities affect the body physically. He really does
calm your system down, or excite it. It’s not an illusion. And I
see visions of outcomes, not the reasons and thoughts behind
the decisions that create them. It’s outside the mind, not an
illusion, either; reality, or at least one version of it. But Jane
and Edward and Aro and Demetri - they workinside the mind.
Jane only creates an illusion of pain. She doesn’t really hurt
your body, you only think you feel it. You see, Bella? You are
safe inside your mind. No one can reach you there. It’s no
wonder that Aro was so curious about your future abilities.”
She watched my face to see if I was following her logic. In
truth, her words had all started to run together, the syllables
and sounds losing their meaning. I couldn’t concentrate on
them. Still, I nodded. Trying to look like I got it.
She wasn’t fooled. She stroked my cheek and murmured,
“He’s going to be okay, Bella. I don’t need a vision to know
that. Are you ready to go?”
“One more thing. Can I ask you another question about the
future? I don’t want specifics, just an overview.”