: Re: How to show two characters are communicating mentally I'm writing a story where my two main characters have been merged together so that they share a single body. They spend a lot of time

Adding to A.T Catmus answer, mental communications could have a sort of "flavour".
As humans we are able to determine emotions of a speaker only judging by a spoken sentence; thoughts could be treated in the same way.
After all, probably a part of one own emotions gets carried with the message itself. Since humans are social animals, we are designed to recognize and react in front of emotions, so:

I'm telling you, I didn't do it. Bob's thoughts reverberated with force into Greg's head, making his teeth grind by reflex.

Don't go shouting in my head. He coldly answered with slight annoyance. But then a rush of guilt struck him; given Bob's situation, he had a lot of reasons to be angry. Reprimanding him for being rude wasn't going to help. I know you're stressed, but I had to make sure. he added, trying to convey consideration.

Still, things are gonna go south for me. Bob's bleak answer showed that his attempt only had partial success.

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