Rory's fey awareness drenched him in the emotions of his audience, their wants, needs, drives and desires. Full mental contact with a given individual required circumstances that normally didn't come up in the course of a gig. Fortunately. Had he somehow been made aware of Pat's thoughts, however, Rory would no doubt have understood the other man's minor preoccupation with Pippa Kerr.

Intellectually, at least.

What did make it through to impact his decidedly elevated state of consciousness was the fist bump and cheer, delivered as they were by one of the tallest members of the audience. Rory barely had time to register the man's height and attractiveness, then return a raised fist and grin of his own before Champion swept up for the interview.