Post by Nnelg on Jan 29, 2014 9:06:09 GMT
So, Word of Tom says that Kat couldn't get Annie's blinker stone to work, and appears as 'grey/ordinary' through ethervision; but I'm not ready to take either comment at face value. For instance, even Renardine appeared grey while not actively "projecting".
I think that Kat actually has access to the same powers as her mother, but just thinks too much to use them deliberately. (You see this sort of thing in other places, for instance flying in the Hitchiker's series.)
The prime evidence I have for this hypothesis is Kat's anti-grav device.
If the device was based on pure science, then Kat should be able to replicate it -a thermos and coat hangers aren't exactly hard to come by. Even some weird unobtainium ingredient should be available through the Court, especially if she could get it when she was that young. The only other possibility would be that she doesn't exactly know how she got it to work in the first place.
We know that Anja's power could be "Imbued" into a machine - in her case, the "computer" meant to contain Renard. It's possible that Kat did the same (subconsciously) with her anti-g device.
This is where the "thinking about it too hard" part comes in. When Kat made her device, her goal wasn't the chamber itself, it was studying protein folding. Therefore, she wasn't paying too close attention to what she was doing.
Finally, there's a thematic connection. Compare the hovercraft's "propultion effect to Anja's "bubble shield". (I know it isn't proof by itself, but it is valid evidence.)
On an ancillary note, Kat may wind up eventually "imbuing" this power into the biomechanical robot she's growing... To only Tom knows what end.
I think that Kat actually has access to the same powers as her mother, but just thinks too much to use them deliberately. (You see this sort of thing in other places, for instance flying in the Hitchiker's series.)
The prime evidence I have for this hypothesis is Kat's anti-grav device.
If the device was based on pure science, then Kat should be able to replicate it -a thermos and coat hangers aren't exactly hard to come by. Even some weird unobtainium ingredient should be available through the Court, especially if she could get it when she was that young. The only other possibility would be that she doesn't exactly know how she got it to work in the first place.
We know that Anja's power could be "Imbued" into a machine - in her case, the "computer" meant to contain Renard. It's possible that Kat did the same (subconsciously) with her anti-g device.
This is where the "thinking about it too hard" part comes in. When Kat made her device, her goal wasn't the chamber itself, it was studying protein folding. Therefore, she wasn't paying too close attention to what she was doing.
Finally, there's a thematic connection. Compare the hovercraft's "propultion effect to Anja's "bubble shield". (I know it isn't proof by itself, but it is valid evidence.)
On an ancillary note, Kat may wind up eventually "imbuing" this power into the biomechanical robot she's growing... To only Tom knows what end.
