Seventeen & Maldusk: A Supernatural Soap Opera

Now I see way better where all your comments about how our alien-lore were actually quite similar, the main difference I can see now is that in your story sixamnians can only use telepathy within their species (or, better, telepathy when connected to the "hive mind" and strong empathy in the other cases), while in my story the older sixamians can see in the mind of all those around them (earthlings included). And this changes the results quite a bit, actually...

However, back to the chapter, I'm very happy that the first one to face Ion for being an alien was Annie, she really made a lot of the questions I would have liked to ask as well!
I see well why Ion would struggle to understand lying, that's actually a topic I was planning to mention in a few chapters as well. Understanding that people like Tre may be just spreading misinformation sounds like something really incomprehensible to him, but Annie was smart enough to find a turnaround to demonstrate that those were most likely lies. She also managed to maintain a remarkable composture, given how much mindblowing information she was receiving. I want to see the spaceship too!