empathic

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Real vampires are empathic, according to Arthen, which means they are psychic sponges that absorb everything around them.

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  • This com-passion, this deep, empathic, encompassing love is both the goal and the result of walking the Sufi path; at each step another drop is poured into the heart, and as love enters, one begins to see God in all of His creation. —  Darvish
  • When two-dimensional life forms cause Counselor Troi to lose her empathic powers, she resigns her post. —  TrekToday
  • The dialogue alone is a reason to tune in: At one point, House knocks on the office door of his longsuffering best friend, the empathic Dr. James Wilson (Robert Sean Leonard).
  • Despite a subtle, empathic performance from its skilled star,
  • In next week's episode, Grace's interactions with a mentally challenged young man are wonderfully relaxed and empathic.
 

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