Psychometry
Psychometry is a rare psychic ability that allows the psychic to read the history of an item touched. Touching an object will give the psychometrist flashbacks of its past. This is the surface of the ability, however, and many psychometrists do not bother to search further. With practice, this skill can be of greater use; a trained psychometrist will have the ability to sense their surroundings. By putting their hand to the floor, wall, or other surface, they can sense what lies beyond it if the object is touching the surface that they are in contract with. This is a highly advanced ability, however, and few have ever gone far enough into their pursuit of this dangerous psychic art to get this far.
With people, psychometrists can read into the near future with them, as well as their intentions. This is a Pandora’s Box, though; deep hidden secrets, things better left in the dark, can come to the surface and affect the psychometrist horribly, warping their view on the world and even making them fall into a comatose stupor.
Psychometry can be an inherited ability, or a random mutation. Many natural psychometrists will discover and use their ability with a little focus or only in the right mindset. Most psychics have a natural mental shield of sorts, which allows them to block their ability most of the time. Some psychics, however, do not have this natural shield or filter. Psychometrists who cannot shield their mind find it easier to feel the world through gloves, keeping their hands hidden behind the protective layer of cloth, and only taking them off when they need to use their gift.
