"Do you remember giving me access to your body?"
"Is that what that was? It felt like you wanted to touch me, to be inside me, so I instinctively accepted."
"And what did you feel just now?"
"It felt like... I'm not sure. It was a little like someone was gently squeezing my head, only it wasn't my head."
"It's like there are two gates on your end of our soul bond. The first grants me access to our body, the second to your mind."
"Wait! So If I gave you access, you could read my mind? What about the reverse?"
"I'm not sure. Probably surface thoughts. But probably not access to your deeper thoughts or memories."
With Isabella, he could dig deep into her mind if he wanted. But with Samantha, he didn't want that kind of invasive access to her mind, so he intentionally tried to limit their connection to just surface thoughts, and only if she wanted to give him access.
