Editing Savage Rifts - Phase World Adventures!:Laura (section)

==Background==
Growing up, it was obvious Laura was a bit… different than others. She sometimes seemed to hear voices that no one else could hear, instinctively knew things about other people that she should have no way of knowing, and sometimes a small object that was just out of reach might tip into her hand.

If she'd been born on a civilized world, she'd have been picked up for training, and her potential would have been recognized. But her backwater colony had been established by people who wanted to live normal lives, not tainted by the magic of the Warlocks. A foolish dream, perhaps, but they weren't pleased by what they saw as signs of something supernatural, especially when she moved her hand and Tomas Galbraith fell into a well.

She might have been burned at the stake, and she might not have been. But the slavers came to the colony that night, and demanded a toll from the villagers. The mayor offered her up without hesitation.

When the slavers got her on the ship, they ran some sort of device over her. She knew enough of what they were saying that they were testing her for something abnormal. She desperately wanted to be normal, so she focused as hard as she could on that thought. And they didn't find what they were looking for.

She'd been raised to be a proper woman, so they used her as a servant. It was a hard life, but then so was being a colonist, and she wasn't afraid. Over time, she learned that she could make things happen, make people do things. Little things at first, but then more.

Who knows what would have happened if the Wraith hadn't been liberated. Maybe she would have been found out and sold, or maybe she would have worked her way up to being the puppet master. But she's glad she didn't have to find out. And when she joined in the fighting, and started throwing people around with her mind… well that got everyone's attention.

'''Race''': Human (One Free Edge)
'''Iconic Framework''': Mind Melter