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source of nearly unlimited power. As long as all proper safety protocols are observed, the benefits it gives to mankind are limitless.
     
    "It will be the same thing with these people, if you find them. As long as someone is in charge that is trying to harness their abilities for good, that person can help minimize the damage an unscrupulous person might try to do with them. And I can think of no one better suited or qualified to be that person than you."
     
    "Well, I wouldn't exactly be in charge. I'd be sort of a team leader, you might say. I'd have superiors I'd have to answer to. And I can't speak to how those superiors might try to use the group."
     
    "No one can speak for another. You taught me that. We are each responsible for ourselves and no one else. All you can do is the best you can and hope that others will do the same. You also have to consider that if you say no they'll probably just find someone else. And that person may not have the ethical or moral code you have to guide them."
     
    "I have thought of that. And to be honest, that's one of the strongest arguments for me accepting their offer. But like I said, it will mean leaving my teaching position and ending my practice."
     
    "So you have to ask yourself which is more important. The hour or so you spend each week with each of your patients or this offer that you've all ready told me would help a great many people at one time."
     
    Jeremy thought for a moment. Most of his patients didn't have any real problems. He wasn't treating any schizophrenics or sociopaths. They were simply ordinary people who needed someone to talk with to help sort out their problems. Compare to helping to fight terrorism, those problems seemed almost inconsequential.
     
    "What about you?" he finally asked Janet.
     
    "What about me?"
     
    "Well, I said these people are looking for others with special abilities. Special talents, as they put it. You're one of those people. You could help me make sure that this group is used for the right purposes."
     
    "I have my work here," Janet responded. "And it keeps me very busy."
     
    "Work which can only go so far without test subjects. You've told me so yourself. There's only so much you can learn from yourself and me. You've often told me how beneficial it would be if you could have some more test subjects. Imagine a whole group of people with special abilities. I imagine there's no end to what you might learn from that."
     
    "Which means I'd probably have to leave the research center, just as you have to leave your teaching position. Some of the equipment I use in my research is very sophisticated. A lot of research centers can't afford it. I've been lucky enough to be at one that can. I'm not sure these people who have offered you this position could afford that equipment. And without the equipment, it doesn't matter how many test subjects I have. I wouldn't be able to run the tests I need to find the answers I'm looking for."
     
    "Oh, I think I can guarantee you that you'll have access to whatever equipment you might need."
     
    "Really? These people have that kind of money? We're talking about equipment that could cost hundreds of thousands of dollars for one piece of equipment."
     
    "I don't think that's going to be much of a hindrance."
     
    "Well," said Janet considering the offer, "I'd have to know more than what you've all ready told me. You taught me never to go into anything blind. I'd have to know what group this is and what their goals are. And I'd want to see a financial statement to be sure they could deliver on any promises they might make."
     
    "I understand that. All I'm asking is would you be interested?"
     
    "If it will help further my research, of course I'd be interested. To be honest, the going here is pretty slow. Like you said, without test subjects I'm limited to what I can learn. But if I had access to more people, it could advance my research considerably. Except you've promised them not to say