With a brief interaction, Hale can learn secrets about people they'd never speak of. After failing a short lived career as a Private Investigator, the young man allowed the uncontrollable ability to turn him into a recluse, hiding away from those who would not understand his strange gift.
Hale is forcefully ejected from his solitude when he hears of others who may have similar abilities, giving him hope he is not alone in the world. Coincidentally, he meets an intelligent, analytic woman with no special abilities outside her keen observation and reasoning skills. When Hale learns the two can help each other with unique challenges they are each facing, he's broken out of his comfortable hermit lifestyle and given a chance to solve a pair of mysteries for himself and the woman he cares for.
