cacambo43 wrote:I don't think Alex seeing Fireblade's psychic silhouette is as much telepathic as a telekinetic fingerprint or after effect, lingering from her attempt to access his mind earlier. That might mean she's keeping a light telekinetic "touch" on him in case she needs to take quick action. I still don't think she's out to get him, and despite Alex's insult (harpy, indeed!) I think she could turn out to be a good friend. But that's as likely me projecting hopes on the comic, which will unfold as it will.
CJSF
It didn't need to be the result of a voluntary action, but could just be an aftereffect of this attempted mind-rape. Fireblade made it clear that she still thinks quite little of him and his wisecracks and her whole demeanor says she's displeased at playing caretaker for a suspicious alien (rather than being on the front lines).
Interesting, though, in their
second, more forceful attempt it was definitely Fireblade he sensed. But as said, this was the
second attempt at trying to use sanzai on him, he woke up from the first attempt after having an indistinct impression. Meaning, it could have been Fireblade from the very first time or any of the other Loroi present. But yes, him singling her out could just be because of her being the strongest of the lot, by far.
Any other assumption (soulmates, meh) would be much less palatable to both of them, for sure.
My bet is on two things:
- Learning about this, Beryl just has to include Fireblade in her experiments, maybe to her chagrin, too, since she did seem to enjoy the moments where she had Alex all to herself, but ... well, for science.
- Both Alex and Fireblade would not be fond of that idea, too. They had sort of a silent agreement to stay out of each other's way.
On the other hand that
is a good plot hook to throw these two together, to get them at least on speaking terms to each other... well, sort of.
Huh. Could be that Alex's ability comes to be important in later stages. Nowhere it is said how precise Loroi farsensing is, but I'd guess assensing a target's exact location and pose is not part of it. Could be quite helpful if it ever comes to having to rescue her from, say, being buried in debris.