[Lucky for Marco, not so much for the human whose lap he is occupying.]
That hardly proves anything. Besides I merely suggested your behavior was unusual, not that you weren't a real rabbit. However, if that would make you feel better, by all means-
[He is now completely convinced that Marco is no rabbit, ordinary or otherwise. Please don't actually follow through on that threat, it will just be awkward, probably for both of them.]
Not. Quite. All living beings give off a sort of life energy, spirits also have their own unique Energy Signatures. A possession should be detectable by two entirely separate life energies present in one body. The locals here don't seem to have one at all, at least not one that I can detect. It's almost as if they're not alive at all.
Although, it's possible my ability to do so has been tampered with by our captors, why would that only extend to the locals and not fellow Chosen?
[ It is extremely tempting to call Kurama's bluff here. Marco gives the option some serious consideration purely because of how funny it would be...but no, even he's got his limits when it comes to jokes going too far. ]
< Is it any more unusual than a human having telepathic powers? I'm just a cute little bunny, but as far as my cute little bunny knowledge goes, that shouldn't be possible either. >
[ Kurama's next comment immediately wipes all traces of snark out of Marco's system though, because what the what. He sits up, long ears cocked forward and eyes alert, too preoccupied to bother continuing the charade. If what this guy is saying is legit...if there was some way to detect whether there was more than one living signature in a body...that could change everything. Maybe not enough to deal a decisive blow against the Yeerks - he's pretty sure nothing short of smuggling a nuke onto the Blade ship will do that - but it could at the very least turn the tides of the war.
Of course, that's assuming what he's claiming is even real, and Marco's taking that with an entire ocean's worth of salt. Frankly, 'energy signatures' sounds like it should belong in the same category as tarot cards and horoscopes and other mumbo-jumbo bullshit to him, but then again he would have said the same about an alien invasion a few years back. Still, doesn't mean this mysterious power works on Yeerks - and even if it did, none of this matters if he can't figure out a way to get back home anyway. ]
< They don't smell dead, if that helps. They smell like normal humans...a little too normal. You'd expect to find at least a couple of people with nasty B.O. or garlic breath or something distinctive, but everyone here smells pretty much exactly the same underneath the temporary outside scents. > [ His end of their information sharing bargain held up, he then adds casually: ] < Hey, this life energy sensing power of yours...is that something anyone can learn, or is it special for telepathic humans only? >
[It is equally tempting for Kurama to point out that he'd never claimed to be human, to see how Marco handles that news, but for now caution seemed to be the wisest choice to stick with.]
I suppose not, but that depends entirely on what might be considered unusual on one's own world-
[He stops short as the rabbit suddenly sits up, hands momentarily lingering in the air with surprise before folding in his lap in front of Marco instead. Unfortunately, Kurama's own keen sense of smell provides him with enough information to make Marco's help useless to him. The redhead isn't about to admit that though, when it would give away more than he's willing to offer and shift the dynamic they were establishing here. The last thing he wants is to seem as if he's angling for more than he had provided, himself, after all. The fox is still trying to determine how to respond to the declaration that they don't smell dead when Marco takes an abrupt turn back to the Life Energy topic.]
Spiritual Awareness is rare in humans, I'm afraid. Everyone is theoretically capable of it, although some more so than others... It has a tendency to run in families, but it can be honed with training.
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That hardly proves anything. Besides I merely suggested your behavior was unusual, not that you weren't a real rabbit. However, if that would make you feel better, by all means-
[He is now completely convinced that Marco is no rabbit, ordinary or otherwise. Please don't actually follow through on that threat, it will just be awkward, probably for both of them.]
Not. Quite. All living beings give off a sort of life energy, spirits also have their own unique Energy Signatures. A possession should be detectable by two entirely separate life energies present in one body. The locals here don't seem to have one at all, at least not one that I can detect. It's almost as if they're not alive at all.
Although, it's possible my ability to do so has been tampered with by our captors, why would that only extend to the locals and not fellow Chosen?
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< Is it any more unusual than a human having telepathic powers? I'm just a cute little bunny, but as far as my cute little bunny knowledge goes, that shouldn't be possible either. >
[ Kurama's next comment immediately wipes all traces of snark out of Marco's system though, because what the what. He sits up, long ears cocked forward and eyes alert, too preoccupied to bother continuing the charade. If what this guy is saying is legit...if there was some way to detect whether there was more than one living signature in a body...that could change everything. Maybe not enough to deal a decisive blow against the Yeerks - he's pretty sure nothing short of smuggling a nuke onto the Blade ship will do that - but it could at the very least turn the tides of the war.
Of course, that's assuming what he's claiming is even real, and Marco's taking that with an entire ocean's worth of salt. Frankly, 'energy signatures' sounds like it should belong in the same category as tarot cards and horoscopes and other mumbo-jumbo bullshit to him, but then again he would have said the same about an alien invasion a few years back. Still, doesn't mean this mysterious power works on Yeerks - and even if it did, none of this matters if he can't figure out a way to get back home anyway. ]
< They don't smell dead, if that helps. They smell like normal humans...a little too normal. You'd expect to find at least a couple of people with nasty B.O. or garlic breath or something distinctive, but everyone here smells pretty much exactly the same underneath the temporary outside scents. > [ His end of their information sharing bargain held up, he then adds casually: ] < Hey, this life energy sensing power of yours...is that something anyone can learn, or is it special for telepathic humans only? >
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I suppose not, but that depends entirely on what might be considered unusual on one's own world-
[He stops short as the rabbit suddenly sits up, hands momentarily lingering in the air with surprise before folding in his lap in front of Marco instead. Unfortunately, Kurama's own keen sense of smell provides him with enough information to make Marco's help useless to him. The redhead isn't about to admit that though, when it would give away more than he's willing to offer and shift the dynamic they were establishing here. The last thing he wants is to seem as if he's angling for more than he had provided, himself, after all. The fox is still trying to determine how to respond to the declaration that they don't smell dead when Marco takes an abrupt turn back to the Life Energy topic.]
Spiritual Awareness is rare in humans, I'm afraid. Everyone is theoretically capable of it, although some more so than others... It has a tendency to run in families, but it can be honed with training.