"There have not yet been thirty-seven arrivals from other worlds.

"But there have been several, and one of the more recent ones claims to know you without having in this world been told your name."

"Weird. I guess not actually weirder than this being a thing at all. Who is it?"

"A 'Martin'.  What year is it, in your world?"

"I don't know a Martin? I guess it's possible he like reads my blog but I don't put my real name on it... it's 2025 there."

"Well, apparently he's from 2030 and only met you that year."

"Oh... I really wanna know what powers I have but I don't really want your bosses to know, I want that to be a surprise for them... if it even works like that which I guess it might not because, freaky alternate universe situation..."

She voice-types something in Russian while executing a U-turn.

"My bosses suspect it may work out... compatibly.  You would have a more favorable opinion of parties which tried to unite you with such a person?"

"That would be really nice!! I could be slightly less dying of needing a hug at all times!!"

"...Tell me how you feel about the idea of occasionally stopping for hugs."

"I mean on a basal emotional level super fucking desperate but it might delay getting me in arm's reach of a compatible esper - like, if he'll hug me, what led your guys to suspect this, is he like my partner from the future or something -"

"They have not communicated this to me.  Nor his claim of what your powers will be, though it seems he has made one."

"Wow I have so many conflicted feelings about this whole kidnapping sitch. Is he kidnapped too or did he just land in an area your guys already controlled."

"He is not yet kidnapped."

"- well my positive regard for somebody putting me in hug range of a compatible esper is substantially mitigated by them kidnapping him to do it, but maybe this planet doesn't have, like, safe conduct guarantees or anything like that which you could use to let him give me humanitarian visits while I remain kidnapped and he remains not kidnapped, that sort of sounds like the kind of thing you might not have invented on Planet Spy Thriller."

"Do your thoughts on this change if he is also 'awakening'."

"Oh no if he's also awakening you should probably kidnap him and drop him in my lap unless some more legitimate enterprise has other espers available he could go to instead. That shit kills people."

Wryly - "Will do.  What are your other conflicted feelings about being kidnapped?"

"Well you're being considerate so far about my horrible magical condition's exotic care needs and I will find it a great story later on assuming nothing irrecoverable happens to anybody about it. And also you hit my babysitter in the head and are whisking me away to unscrupulous captors."

"I..."  She trails off.  "Hm."

"I would not expect that to be, like, news, to you."

"...I would not want to bring you to anyone who would harm you.  Above some threshold."

"We are strangers and so far what I know about your threshold is that it permits kidnapping and that's not a super strong start."

"It is new for me to have a goal of this kind."

"What, did you get religion - sorry that is also the kind of thing I would usually think and not say -"

"I suspect you of having some sort of subtle mind control power already and perhaps being a very sophisticated liar.  But if things are at least somewhat as they seem, perhaps I'd be better off as your pawn than that of my current masters."