This pertains to the magical effect known as the Soul Gaze.

This effect is meant to make a strong impact on those characters involved as each one rapidly takes in the measure of the other’s essential self. Not specific information, but a summation of character, who and what the other is as a being at their essence.

I’m interested to hear how some of you handle this in your games? How do you convey to your players, the weight of something like this and how do you make certain that you’re being accurate to the character in question? How do you describe it so you’re not just restating the obvious about the other character? Do you hand the description of the vision off to the player being observed? What if they don’t feel ready to come up with something?