Let's go ahead.

Janet thought about it. "I don't know how to do this."

"You can start by unclenching a little." Sam smiled. "I can feel you trying to suppress your thoughts and emotions. It's helpful for me but we're seeing how much you can overpower me. I- ooh, did you just do it? Yeah, I can feel that. That's way stronger, it's more like Matt's feelings. God, you are really freaking out about this, aren't you?" Tears were welling in her eyes.

Janet was also starting to tear up. She realized she hadn't let herself really process any of this yet. As her emotions intensified she thought about the worst-case scenario. Sam suddenly burst out in sobs.

"Oh my God, Janet, what if we can't fix it? What if this is it? Ugh, I can't handle this! Why did this have to happen to me?" She looked at Janet through tears. "More? This isn't the most you have? I don't know - it hurts so much but I feel like we should because you feel like we should do it. This is so confusing! Just do it, just blast me!"

Janet was speechless. It was like Sam was having a conversation with herself as she responded to Janet's thoughts flowing through her mind. She closed her eyes and concentrated on her emotions. She thought about herself - she breathed and pictured the breath flowing into every part of her. She made a mental inventory of every part of her body from her toes to the top of her head.

Sam was reeling from this onslaught. She felt like she was in a tornado, desperately holding onto her identity. She was losing control. "Stop!" She suddenly shouted as she felt something break inside of her.

As quickly as it began, it ended. Janet calmed herself down and slumped forward simultaneously with Sam. Sam was panting raggedly, completely out of breath from the experience.

After a second, Janet looked up and saw Sam mirror her actions. "Sam?" They asked in unison.

"Oh shit." They said. Janet saw her own panic in Sam's face. "Are you ok?" They asked each other.

Janet slowly raised a hand and watched Sam do the same. She reached forward and they touched in a slow-motion high-five. "Sam, are you still in there?" She was dismayed to hear Sam's voice harmonizing with her own.