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Many V-depts are classic "computer nerds" with limited social skills. Sure, you
can countermagick Thought Probes in your sleep, but the wily Toreador can tell almost as much from the way your eyelid"s flutter when she asks you a question. This is what we call a non-trivial problem. The answer is Riker's Island, a Module that edits out unconscious reactions and body language - even controls respiration and galvanic skin response. With it you have the ultimate poker face and can even beat lie detectors. Iteration X uses this Rote under the name "Machine Interface" and the Men In Black seem to have it hardwired into their brains.
[For the duration of the magick, all attempts to read the mage using skills like Subterfuge as well as non-magical lie detectors automatically fail. Users of subterfuge will note that the character is concealing something (even if he isn"t) but can"t tell what.]
F/X -
No man is an island - except for this guy. The mage is a sociopath,
completely
cut off from normal human interaction, or has been trained using
bio-feedback
or self hypnosis, or just has the perfect poker face (like a certain
1st
Officer in a popular SF series).