We know that Celeste can read a person’s mind thru a handshake from what we’ve seen Veled do and Jigsaw’s reluctance to shake with Rei on first meeting. But i sort of got the impression that a Celeste only needs physical contact with the person (i.e. it doesn’t have to specifically be a handshake) however a handshake is normally seen as a friendly gesture and so that makes it a convenient way for a Celeste to touch someone without it being obvious that they’re up to something. If that’s the case, then by getting the kid to beep Rei’s nose, Rei will have access to all the kid’s darker secrets…perhaps a more in-depth knowledge than Jigsaw currently can see with her own powers (Remember that Jigsaw had to jog Jason’s memory http://www.lastres0rt.com/2010/07/fireworks-are-best-set-off-by-someone-else/ before she could read what he knew about the mission involving Gabriel)? So it seems to me that Rei is going to pick out the more sensitive info in this kid’s head and then she can relay it to Jigsaw somehow.

Not sure how the kid getting his Celeste powers “back” factors into that though… It could just be an excuse to make him go touch Rei. Jigsaw can probably figure out which are the right buttons to push PRETTY easily.

I guess the best you could manage is convincing the Whismer that you can fight it, and work from there…

@Josh.C: I thought they were just trying to free Jason and make a run for it. Do you think they’re planning a mutiny on top of that?

It actually doesn’t seem too odd to me that nobody seems to have noticed the Whimser. Granted, it could be Gabriel or Rei, but if you spend all of your time on a ship that’s entirely under the effect of the Whimsy, you’d probably never notice that anything had changed. I bet it’s one of those things that a Celeste could detect, but that’s so rare that you’d never think to look. I also doubt that anyone is immune or resistant to its effects.

And I like your theory about the dynamic between Gabriel and Rei. If that Whismy is keeping everyone alive in spite of the barnacles, it’s all the more noble. At this point, though, I’m not absolutely convinced anymore that Gabriel’s the one they’re looking for. 😕

But being a pureblooded Celeste might offer at least some protection for them and the children against the Whimzer if things go bad. At the very least, Rei can try to keep the other children safe with her as Jigsaw and the gang go further into the belly of the beast.

If you think about it though, isn’t strange that that neither noticed a whimzer among them? One would think Gabreeil being a multi-winged Celeste like Veled and Rei being a full pureceleste would have resistances to such a power and notice a whimzer among them.

Though both seem to be doing alright. It would be interesting if Rei and Gabreil might be helping one another. What if Gabreil is the Whimzer and realized he has problems keeping in touch with reality should be and Rei is using her more powerful toning to help Gabriel in touch with how reality should be?

@sulucamas good point but i think the only two who could pull it off would be Gabriel and Rei from their it would be a question as to who would have reason to and why? remember what the whistle did to Jason? if he could do something like that to a Djinned human why not to a younger Celeste?

@thebobmaster: I thought they had to open and close the hatch to get the pods to cycle, but if Rei can help like that, it’s bound to save Daisy’s arms from all that trouble. Oh, and Jason too. 😛

Speaking of whom, he probably hasn’t fared too well after three days in a pod. Or maybe he can handle it?

@Brunhidden: “Don’t make me hungry. You wouldn’t like me when I’m hungry.”

@The_Rippy_One: If there was any mind reading, it might have just happened in the time since Jason was captured. Or maybe it’s common knowledge that the Org deprograms magical know-how out of its recruits. There are a bunch of (potentially unstable) Celeste on this ship, and they don’t seem to cause too much trouble…