I described teleportation, and why I hadn't written a story about it.
It's because direct, mind-to-mind communication obviates a lot of the mundane aspects of the limitations of physics.
*** 'Denotes silent, mind-to-mind, communication.' ***
‘This is all pretty exciting, isn’t it, Jade?’
‘I’m having a lot of fun, Brian.’
‘I may be too excited to sleep. I know I’m tired, but I just have so much energy!’
‘Would you like to take a walk along the beach?’
‘Now? No, I really don’t want to leave the ship right now. Besides, there’s no Moon out tonight.’
‘Oh, I didn’t mean in the Moonlight, anyway. How would you like to take a walk in the Sunlight?’
Brian inclined his head toward her. ‘You can do that?’
She squeezed him. ‘Only with your permission, Brian.’
‘It sounds nice ... relaxing. Let’s do it.’
In an instant, they were walking, hand in hand, across warm golden sands. The sun was shining brightly and felt warm across his back. Sea birds were calling and wheeling through a beautiful blue sky.
Brian looked over at Jade. Her hair, and her beautiful body, seemed to glow with a soft golden light. He looked down at himself, and saw the same shimmering luster.
The surf was rolling gently into the shore, dampening the sand to firm it as they walked.
They came to a spot where two little boys were building a sand castle. As they drew closer, the two boys got up and ran away to play another game.
The little sand castle was elaborate, with walls and towers, and conical roofs covering the sandy buildings.
‘Would you like to sit down?’ Jade asked him.
‘Okay.’
They turned toward the little sand castle. With each step, instead of getting closer to the castle, Brian saw that it was getting larger and larger as it receded in the distance.
Finally, its size stopped changing, and they stood before an enormous castle right there on the beach, with high walls, and huge wooden doors.
As they walked up to it, the doors opened, and they walked into a cool shaded interior. Brian could no longer feel the hot sun on his back.
They continued through, into a shaded garden, with fruits of all descriptions hanging within easy reach.
Jade plucked a succulent golden orb and held it to Brian’s mouth. The sweet liquid flowed like a fountain as he bit into it, but it did not spill out.
She turned it for him, as he continued to bite and drink the sweet juices, until it was only an empty core.
Jade held her hand out straight, and the ruined fruit grew wings, and fluttered away as a butterfly.
They came to a seat in the flowered garden and Jade sat down, pulling Brian down to rest his head on her lap. She leaned down and kissed him, with a tenderness and an intoxicating sweetness that made his vision recede like a timid lover.
In the shade, and the warmth, and the nearness of her, he slept.
The problem with having a mind like mine only appears when you let it off it's leash...
You have a way with words, Bob.
:-)
That's what I normally do. I'm not around enough to follow everything.
But we were talking about "Super-Powers!" Like which one you would want to have, and what the effects might be.
I don't know what else that I would want.