Lane had been wrong. As Samantha activated her ability and started pouring her wavelengths into him, her expression gradually became more and more serious.
It wasn't that his state was bad or anything. Quite the opposite, his wavelengths were fairly stable. But that only made it even more baffling - it would be understandable if she struggled to bring them under control when they were chaotic, but to be unable to complete the session when it seemed as if Lane's wavelengths only needed a little smoothing out…
Even a relatively inexperienced Guide such as Samantha could tell that something was not right. She guided and guided, concentrating all of her attention, and yet it hardly had any effect. It wasn't something that could be explained by their difference in rank, not when they were supposedly only one rank apart, especially not with their near-perfect compatibility.
