Listen for a whispered voice within your mind. Instantly, he realized that she had heard his thought. And then, in a full, whinnying voice, she spoke directly into his mind. -- T. A. Barron, Shadows on the Stars (2005) The telepathic ability of unicorns is legendary. As described in Serena Carrington's Avalon (2002), a unicorn's gentle voice is often heard as if within the listener's head. Similarly, in Emerald Sword (2002), J. M. Sampson refers to a unicorn's "mind-words." The effect is at once soothing and startling. On occasion, mind-words of a single unicorn may sound like many voices speaking simultaneously. Peter David explains in Fall of Knight (2006): He heard the beast's voice inside his head. It sounded both old and young at the same time, and even though it was one voice, it sounded like many. Like a hundred, no, a thousand voices speaking in concert.