The Sweet Home
The Sweet Home takes in the broken ones. Psions who have lost control of their abilities, children whose powers manifested in violence, and dangerous individuals brought in by lawmen who have no other way to contain them. Doctors Lawrence and Matilda Franklin run the facility together, both psions themselves who struggled with their own gifts before learning to master them. They charge nothing for treatment. The compound operates on donations from former patients and believers in the cause, and the Franklins rarely leave the grounds.
The staff numbers ten to fifteen caretakers depending on how many patients are in residence. Daily therapy sessions help patients understand and control their psionic abilities, with the Franklins providing both medical and psychological treatment. The first patient they ever took in was a young man found struggling violently with his powers in the streets of Bridgetown, accidentally hurting several people before the Franklins intervened. Since then, parents have dropped off children they cannot handle, lawmen have delivered prisoners too dangerous for conventional cells, and a handful of psions have walked through the front door on their own.
The Sweet Home is a constant target for hate crimes. Those who view psions as abominations see the facility as a nest that needs burning. The attackers who try are rarely seen again. The compound is defended by what amounts to a small army of psions, and whatever happens to those who assault the facility is thorough enough to prevent repeat attempts. Rumors persist that the Franklins are building a psionic army under the guise of treatment. They deny all such claims. More troubling are the reports that former patients who left before completing their treatment have suffered horrible tragedies on the road, leading some to wonder whether the Franklins consider early departure a personal insult.
The staff numbers ten to fifteen caretakers depending on how many patients are in residence. Daily therapy sessions help patients understand and control their psionic abilities, with the Franklins providing both medical and psychological treatment. The first patient they ever took in was a young man found struggling violently with his powers in the streets of Bridgetown, accidentally hurting several people before the Franklins intervened. Since then, parents have dropped off children they cannot handle, lawmen have delivered prisoners too dangerous for conventional cells, and a handful of psions have walked through the front door on their own.
The Sweet Home is a constant target for hate crimes. Those who view psions as abominations see the facility as a nest that needs burning. The attackers who try are rarely seen again. The compound is defended by what amounts to a small army of psions, and whatever happens to those who assault the facility is thorough enough to prevent repeat attempts. Rumors persist that the Franklins are building a psionic army under the guise of treatment. They deny all such claims. More troubling are the reports that former patients who left before completing their treatment have suffered horrible tragedies on the road, leading some to wonder whether the Franklins consider early departure a personal insult.
