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(Even at the level of surface thoughts, and even given only a brief window to peek in, Keltham's mind moves from thought to thought in a way that is foreign to the experience of anybody who reads minds on Golarion, unless they've read some very dangerous minds indeed.  Keltham's thoughts are explicitly labeled as 'meta' or 'object-level'.  His thoughts don't move in the frequent circles and loops that any telepath would be familiar with, mostly going over the same points and occasionally diverting from them in a new direction; any time Keltham thinks the same thought twice, or at most three times, he undergoes a reflexive wordless motion and focuses there and starts thinking words about why the thoughts are quiescent.  Occasionally he thinks single-syllable or two-syllable words in Baseline that refer to mathematical concepts built on top of much larger bases, fluidly integrated into his everyday experience.  Everything inside Keltham's mind has a very trained feeling to it, his moment-to-moment thought motions each feeling like a punch that a monk throws after twelve years of experience in martial arts, when the monk isn't particularly focused on throwing off and simply knows what he's doing.  When he is sad and upset, Keltham goes into a reflexive motion of letting those parts of himself speak.  When he is uncertain and worried and doesn't know what to do next, he has probabilities on his uncertainty and knows explicitly that his current worries are causing him to currently be trying to figure out what to do next.  He's not perfect at any of that and often does think the same thought three times in a row, often his current line of thinking fails and Keltham notices failure.  He is still, probably, a much more Lawful thinker than the most Lawful thinker that Carissa has previously scanned, unless she's been scanning people wearing very, very high-powered Intelligence headbands.)

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(Even at the level of surface thoughts, Keltham's mind moves from thought to thought in a way that is not within the variation of ordinary mortal minds on Golarion.  Keltham's thoughts are explicitly labeled as 'meta' or 'object-level'.  His thoughts don't move in the frequent circles and loops that any telepath would be familiar with, of mostly going over the same points and occasionally diverting from them in a new direction.  Any time Keltham thinks the same thought twice, or at most three times, he undergoes a reflexive wordless motion and focuses there and starts thinking words about why the thoughts are not-quiescent after having already been spoken.  Occasionally Keltham thinks single-syllable or two-syllable words in Baseline that refer to mathematical concepts built on top of much larger bases, fluidly integrated into his everyday experience.

Everything inside Keltham's mind has a very trained feeling to it, his moment-to-moment thought-motions each feeling like a punch that a monk throws after twelve years of experience in martial arts, when the monk isn't particularly focused on showing off and simply knows what he's doing without thinking about it.  When he is sad and upset, Keltham goes into a reflexive motion of letting those parts of himself speak.  When he is uncertain and worried and doesn't know what to do next, he weighs probabilities on his uncertainty, and knows explicitly that his current worries are causing him to currently be trying to figure out what to do next.

Of course, Keltham is hardly perfect at any of the things he's been trained to do.  Often he does think the same thought three times in a row.  Frequently his current attempted cognitive tactic fails.  And Keltham notices the failure; and undergoes a recovery tactic or moves on to the next thought; all in motions so practiced that they don't distract him from the basic content of the thoughts themselves.  That meta stuff is all mostly the same from minute to minute, so it's been trained to the point of being ignored so long as it's not breaking down.

Keltham is lost in a different world, but it has been years since the last time he felt lost inside himself.  The present situation is not enough to induce that.  He has mostly forgotten what that feels like.  He has too many options for what to think next instead of feeling internally lost.)

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(Even at the level of surface thoughts, Keltham's mind moves from thought to thought in a way that is not within the variation of ordinary mortal minds on Golarion.  Keltham's thoughts are explicitly labeled as 'meta' or 'object-level'.  His thoughts don't move in the frequent circles and loops that any telepath would be familiar with, of mostly going over the same points and occasionally diverting from them in a new direction.  Any time Keltham thinks the same thought twice, or at most three times, he undergoes a reflexive wordless motion and focuses there and starts thinking words about why the thoughts are not-quiescent after having already been spoken.  Occasionally Keltham thinks single-syllable or two-syllable words in Baseline that refer to mathematical concepts built on top of much larger bases, fluidly integrated into his everyday experience.

Everything inside Keltham's mind has a very trained feeling to it, his moment-to-moment thought-motions each feeling like a punch that a monk throws after twelve years of experience in martial arts, when the monk isn't particularly focused on showing off and simply knows what he's doing without thinking about it.  When he is sad and upset, Keltham goes into a reflexive motion of letting those parts of himself speak.  When he is uncertain and worried and doesn't know what to do next, he weighs probabilities on his uncertainty, and knows explicitly that his current worries are causing him to currently be trying to figure out what to do next.

Keltham is hardly perfect at any of the things he's been trained to do.  Often he does think the same thought three times in a row.  Frequently his current attempted cognitive tactic fails.  And Keltham notices the failure; and undergoes a recovery tactic or moves on to the next thought; all in motions so practiced that they don't distract him from the basic content of the thoughts themselves.  That meta stuff is all mostly the same from minute to minute, so it's been trained to the point of being ignored so long as it's not breaking down.

Keltham is lost in a different world, but it has been years since the last time he felt lost inside himself.  The present situation is not enough to induce that.  He has mostly forgotten what that feels like.  He has too many options for what to think next instead of feeling internally lost.)

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(Even at the level of surface thoughts, Keltham's mind moves from thought to thought in a way that is not within the variation of ordinary mortal minds on Golarion.  Keltham's thoughts are explicitly labeled as 'meta' or 'object-level'.  His thoughts don't move in the frequent circles and loops that any telepath would be familiar with, of mostly going over the same points and occasionally diverting from them in a new direction.  Any time Keltham thinks the same thought twice, or at most three times, he undergoes a reflexive wordless motion and focuses there and starts thinking words about why the thoughts are not-quiescent after having already been spoken.  Occasionally Keltham thinks single-syllable or two-syllable words in Baseline that refer to mathematical concepts built on top of much larger bases, fluidly integrated into his everyday experience.

Everything inside Keltham's mind has a very trained feeling to it, his moment-to-moment thought-motions each feeling like a punch that a monk throws after twelve years of experience in martial arts, when the monk isn't particularly focused on showing off and simply knows what he's doing without thinking about it.  When he is sad and upset, Keltham goes into a reflexive motion of letting those parts of himself speak.  When he is uncertain and worried and doesn't know what to do next, he weighs probabilities on his uncertainty, and knows explicitly that his current worries are causing him to currently be trying to figure out what to do next.

Keltham is hardly perfect at any of the things he's been trained to do.  Often he does think the same thought three times in a row.  Frequently his current attempted cognitive tactic fails.  And Keltham notices the failure; and undergoes a recovery tactic or moves on to the next thought; all in motions so practiced that they don't distract him from the content of the thoughts themselves.  That meta stuff is all mostly the same from minute to minute, so it's been trained to the point of being ignored so long as it's not breaking down.

Keltham is lost in a different world, but it has been years since the last time he felt lost inside himself.  The present situation is not enough to induce that.  He has mostly forgotten what that feels like.  He has too many options for what to think next instead of feeling internally lost.)

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(Even at the level of surface thoughts, Keltham's mind moves from thought to thought in a way that is not within the variation of ordinary mortal minds on Golarion.  Keltham's thoughts are explicitly labeled as 'meta' or 'object-level'.  His thoughts don't move in the frequent circles and loops that any telepath would be familiar with, of mostly going over the same points and occasionally diverting from them in a new direction.  Any time Keltham thinks the same thought twice, or at most three times, he undergoes a reflexive wordless motion and focuses there and starts thinking words about why the thoughts are not-quiescent after having already been spoken.  Occasionally Keltham thinks single-syllable or two-syllable words in Baseline that refer to mathematical concepts built on top of much larger bases, fluidly integrated into his everyday experience.

Everything inside Keltham's mind has a very trained feeling to it, his moment-to-moment thought-motions each feeling like a punch that a monk throws after twelve years of experience in martial arts, when the monk isn't particularly focused on showing off and simply knows what he's doing without thinking about it.  When he is sad and upset, Keltham goes into a reflexive motion of letting those parts of himself speak.  When he is uncertain and worried and doesn't know what to do next, he weighs probabilities on his uncertainty, and knows explicitly that his current worries are causing him to currently be trying to figure out what to do next.  Keltham is lost in a different world, but it has been years since the last time he felt lost inside himself.  The present situation is not enough to induce that.  He has mostly forgotten what that feels like.  He has too many options for what to think next instead of feeling internally lost.

Keltham is hardly perfect at any of the things he's been trained to do.  Often he does think the same thought three times in a row.  Frequently his current attempted cognitive tactic fails.  And Keltham notices the failure; and undergoes a recovery tactic or moves on to the next thought; all in motions so practiced that they don't distract him from the content of the thoughts themselves.  That meta stuff is all mostly the same from minute to minute, so it's been trained to the point of being ignored so long as it's not breaking down.)