Patji's Finger

[A Secret Corner he/him]

Just now, Shard Slayer said:

Here is the whole quote:

It seems pretty clear to me that bestowing the gift requires physical touch with the person.

Thanks for retrieving the quote; have an upvote! I don't think it requires physical touch, so this merits a reread, but the aviar do have to be close by in the very least as far as I remember

[Shard Slayer]

56 minutes ago, Secrets said:

Thanks for retrieving the quote; have an upvote! I don't think it requires physical touch, so this merits a reread, but the aviar do have to be close by in the very least as far as I remember

Fair enough. I didn't do a close read of the book for other hints.

 

EDIT:

 

OK: So there are possibly some differences between the talents the birds bestow.

1) Sak gives the death-foresight, it appears that he must be either physically touching, or very very close (i.e. sitting on) someone to bestow his talent.

2) Kokerlii appears to have  a sort of "bubble" effect with his(her?) power. For example, Kokerlii was sitting at the prow of Dusk's boat while Dusk approaches the island. Dusk thinks that "Kokerlii's protective aura had always been enough before". Pretty clearly Kokerlii's power works similarly to a copper-cloud.

      i) Kokerlii's ability (at least Dusk believes so) grows weaker with distance. "The protection he offered would not be as strong as it would be if he were close"

      ii) Unsure if Kokerlii's ability needs to be "targetted" on certain humans (it would appear so, because Vathi appears to be included in his "bubble". That does lead to some interesting questions, because the meekers (talking mice) don't seem to have a problem speaking to Dusk, which indicates the bubble doesn't "mute" mind signals, in all circumstances.

3) Vashi's Aviar (named Mirris) is a "Streamer", a breed not living on Patji. Dusk doesn't know much about them, other than like Kokerlii they protect the mind from predators.

4) Dusk has an Aviar named Sisisru, talent unknown.

5) Vathi finds it unusual that Dusk has two Aviar that he can both "use" at once. That seems to indicate that there does need to be some sort of a bond between the bird and the human (i.e. the bird must pick the human) Dusk doesn't think this is strange and indicates his uncle had 3 birds.

6) Wild Aviar seem to shield everything in their immediate area. "Often, krell herds slept near Aviar roosts. Frighten away the birds, and you could sense the krell" (assuming you happen to be a nightmaw anyway)

7) Why did the Aviar freak out when the machine was opened?

Edited March 28, 2017 by Shard Slayer