This ability can be used to mimic the emotions of any other nearby person. Ava and Loretta can therefore use it to copy another's happiness, or to calm themselves down if someone nearby is not as angry or afraid. Ava will in future use it to prevent her emotions from betraying her if she encountered someone who could sense them within a mission. No contact is needed to copy the emotional state. However, the ability cannot copy any emotion which is not present, and it also cannot alter emotions if there is no one at hand to mimic.