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The Australian Psychics Association, of which I am not a member, released a statement condemning my actions. As they should.

My mother never told anyone who sat for her anything terrible or distressing that she saw in their future.

“What would be the point of that?” she said. “They come to me for hope.”

“If fate won’t be fought,” I said, “what’s the point of any of it?”

I knew the point. The point was that it paid the bills.