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There are going to be two aspects to this post.

First, Daneel possesses strong mental powers, although he's new to having them. He can read emotions -- not distinct thoughts, but the general emotional state. He knows what a human mind should feel like, or a robot mind for that matter. So, the first question I have is can Daneel read from your character, and what general impression he might get. If your character is not human, can he figure that out listening to the way their brain works?

Second, Daneel has the ability to subtly influence and change emotions in people. That is to say, he can encourage a feeling of trust, or a sense of charity, or suppress the desire to act. Because too strong a change will cause harm, he's reluctant to actually use this ability unless it's essential for the greater good. He's certainly not going to go make your character do something they normally would never want to do. Because of the massive amount of abuse inherent in this ability, I don't plan on Daneel using this ability very often, and certainly never without express permission from the person in question for that particular instance. Still, if for whatever reason they're immune in general, say so.

Date: 2012-10-21 09:27 am (UTC)
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Daneel would probably be able to tell that Gabriel's not human, and I reckon he should be able to read him well enough. Angels seem to feel things pretty strongly, even if they don't always show it, but on the other hand they probably have decent mental defenses, so I guess it'd even out to about normal? It's usually not too hard to tell if Gabriel's getting emotional about things just from body language, so I suppose it's not such a big deal in his case. As far as I'm concerned, Daneel's welcome to read him pretty well, unless you think he shouldn't be able to.

As for the influence part of his abilities, I guess it'd depend on the circumstances - like I said, angels are probably going to have defenses and be harder to manipulate than the average human, but that doesn't necessarily mean it wouldn't work. Gabriel's quite easy to manipulate by normal human means and he's not all that emotionally aware so he might not even notice, so... I don't know. Talk it out if it ever becomes relevant?

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