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Viskinesis is a highly advanced Psionic technique that allows the user to absorb and redirect the energy from things they touch with their mind. The energy is redirected and stored in the body, and may be released in a controlled burst into a different target. Though what the energy does to the target generally depends on how much energy is being released. For example, if someone were to throw a punch at a Psion using this ability, as soon as the punch connected it would be drained of almost all energy behind it, and would be about as effective as a light poke. The psion could then deliver that energy to any point on the attacker's body with a single touch, which would feel as if the attacker had just been with with the same punch they had just thrown. The energy is released at the point of contact between the Psion and whatever they are touching. Therefore a Psion who is only using a single finger can focus the energy and make it slightly more effective, where as if the Psion hugged you and released it, the energy would be spread out over a larger area.

Unsurprisingly, using this ability puts the Psion through great mental and physical strain, and it is difficult to master. Even more dangerous, if the Psion absorbs too much energy or loses control of the energy they have absorbed, it could easily kill the Psion. Also, there are limits to how much energy a Psion can absorb. The limit to how much a Psion can contain depends on:

1: The skill of the Psion
2: The mastery of Viskinesis
3: The amount of energy being absorbed
4: The type of energy being absorbed
5: The physical state of the Psion
6: The size of the Psion relative to whatever is originally delivering the energy.

The skill, mastery, and amount of energy limitations are fairly obvious limitations. Without skill or knowledge of something you usually can't do it well, and it's easier to control small amounts of energy then large amounts. The other limitations aren't so simple.

Different types of energy are easier to control then others. For example, kinetic energy tends to be the easiest type of energy to absorb and control, where as energy from geological or nuclear reaction would be nearly impossible to control.

The physical state of the Psion is important as they are holding the energy within their bodies. Yes their minds are controlling it, but the body is the container, and if the container is too weak then the energy can easily destroy it.

Finally, the size issue sort of is a mixture of the amount of energy one can absorb, and the physical state of a Psion. The reason for this is because the amount of damage energy can do to a body does slightly depend on how big the target is relative to the object delivering the blow. For example, if an average Human slapped another Human as hard as they could there would likely be a bruise at most. But if that same average Human delivered the same slap with the same amount of force to a Tiny, the tiny could be killed, or at the very least have some broken bones. As a result, tinies can absorb less then Humans and Humans can absorb less then a Giant.

Corpuskinesis is the art of speeding up or slowing down one's body or bodily functions. For example, someone using this technique could slow down their heart beat and breathing to the point where it would seem as if they're dead. Or they could speed themselves up and move two, or even three times faster then usual. Unsurprisingly this does put a strain on the body. As a general rule tinies have an easier time using this skill then giants.