Lysander never looks. It's not right to look. It's a betrayal, a violation of a person's most private possessions; their thoughts. If you don't have your mind you have nothing at all.

It used to be such a burden as a child, seeing what you shouldn't, hearing things that should never be heard. But he's learned to control it, somewhat, there are still some mishaps. He wouldn't go so far as to call it a blessing, but it's certainly not a curse, at least not anymore.

He doesn't look, but he still sees. He see's thoughts and memories, try as he might to avoid them, and even the future. He doesn't get to decide what he sees, it just comes to him. He's never foreseen the lottery numbers, predicted a catastrophic event, or even his own car accident, it's just chance. Deciding what he sees is a matter for the universe.

In fact what he foresees is usually pretty useless. He'll never know why the universe, in all its infinite wisdom, chose to show him that Iris will order Chinese food on Friday or that Nathaniel is getting an 89% on his biology exam, but off all the billions of moments happening at any given time, at least he's seeing the harmless ones.

Sometimes this unusual skill comes in handy.

He's standing in the corridor in school, down by the lockers and chatting to Kim about their midterm break when the vision hits. Wet. Dripping. Soggy pages. Running ink.

"Uh, Lysander?" Kim asks confused.

Lysander's away with the faeries, starring off into nothingness with glassy, unfocused eyes. It takes Kim speaking up to pull him back down to Earth. He doesn't excuse himself for zoning out, he's no good at lying and instead focuses on the subject of his vision.

"Something in your bag is leaking." He points towards a dark wet spot blooming out from the bottom corner of her schoolbag. It's a small spot, not dripping yet. There's no way he could have noticed it naturally.

Quickly Kim rummages through her bag and finds the source of the problem. The cap to her water bottle wasn't screwed on straight and it's been leaking slowly. They've caught it early and no damage has been done.

"You're a total lifesaver Lys, thanks."

With a smile Lysander politely excuses himself and when the gratitude wears off Kim is left with a thought; how did he even notice that?