She had her little stall on the walkway over the bay. The "Palms Read $5" sign was deliberately made to look like every other cold reading charlatan's sign.
It was too risky to be upfront about her powers, people would want to abuse them. So instead she sat on the walkway that famously everyone walked one day, and whenever possible, would nudge someone to where they should be going.
Until she took his palm into hers.
She took several long seconds, trying to work out how to warn people, until she glanced up and saw he was reading her too.
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