I don't intend to, she retorts, a little huffy, answering perhaps both questions at once. I haven't figured out how to control this yet, or what triggers it. I just think and then someone yells at me.

Okay, perhaps to say people yell at her is a bit harsh. But no one's appreciated the intrusion, and while Ness can hardly blame them, it's more than a little galling to have to apologize for something she's not even doing on purpose! She searches the boat still, not yet certain whose mind it is that she's sharing, but there's something of a challenge in that—is there anything she can do with this link to figure it out? Can she get any deeper in his head, would that give her any more insight?

Not that she has any idea how to go about figuring any of that out, but they're useful questions to ask, at least.

Is it a talent you have experience with? It doesn't seem common here.