Thought-Dampening Hood

Thought-Dampening Hood is a charcoal therapy hood with a silver-mesh lining and a soft magnetic throat seal. It reduces emotional bleed and surface telepathy while leaving ordinary sound intact. The inside smells faintly of cedar until somebody panics in it. A side seam tears open under a hard pull, because a calming device should not become a restraint by accident. Four hundred twenty credits buys six hours of charge and washable liners. Long use leaves most wearers detached and irritable. The listed 420 credits covers exactly what is named; follow-up care, replacement consumables, and emergency intervention remain separate. Replacement liners cost extra, especially after sweat, blood, or somebody else's perfume gets into the mesh.