Same person here, whoop whoop. Anyways, let's get to it.

1) Reading Minds: Same thing applies as I said to Armand -- Henry is hard if not impossible, Eleanor and Karasu are easy. However, if Vanyel asks Henry and gives a good reason, Henry might let him into his mind. Same with Elly and Karasu.

2) Empathy: It depends on how far it goes. You note you have it, but not really what it does -- that is, does he feel their feelings? They feel his? I'd kinda need to know that first.