===== Psi Jargon =====
   * **Continua/continuum**: a discrete volume of space; a universe among the multiverse.
     * **The Real**: our continuum; realspace.
     * **Bright Continua**: the neighboring slices of the multiverse theorized to be the medium by which [[psi]] effects are achieved. Popularized as an ‘astral plane’ in operant media.
     * **Dark Continua**: realms beyond the Bright Continua; a sort of slur used to cover illegal/shady/immoral uses of psi.

  * **[[operancy|Operant]]**: a functional psi-user with one or more developed psi faculties.
     * **Latent**: not yet operant, but potentially capable of developing operant faculties.
     * **Blank**: not latent or operant; baseline human, unaltered by [[the Signal]].
     * **Paramount**: an informal designation for someone whose operant faculties exceed ‘normal’ maximums, usually from illegal study and modification of the Signal or invasive implants like CE rigs.

  * **[[Faculty]]**: a discrete ‘school’ of psi power.
     * **Backblast**: an effect by which over-extending psi power results in an energetic bleed from the Bright Continua and corresponding flash burns/trauma inside the operant’s brain.
     * **Burnout**: someone who has suffered permanent brain damage from overuse of psi.

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