Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26006155-20190617222636/@comment-26006155-20190618140616

Here are my current notes and areas of interest:

THE NATURE OF PSI

Mother 1 shows that PSI is a power that can be studied and learned. Ninten’s Great Grandfather George stole PSI tech from Giygas’ people which is why the alien child that George’s wife Maria once sang to sleep, wanted to destroy Earth, to keep this all-important power from spreading through the universe and possibly being used against his people.

But PSI is also a power that can be inherited. 12-year-old Ninten had Telepathy even before he finds Great Grandfather George’s notes about PSI.

The games also hint at other NPCs who have PSI powers or access to PSI tech: Lloyd’s blue-clothed father is somehow magically able to instantly restore the party’s health in an instant, as if they’d had a full night’s rest. When returning Paula home, and Ness walks through the long schoolroom, Paula’s father is suddenly right at the door behind them 3 seconds after entering the next room. Apple Kid is able to cobble together a device that erases solid metal statues from existence in seconds, although it might just be teleporting them elsewhere instead. And as Jeff points out in the Halloween Hack, Doctor Andonuts is somehow able to build a time machine even if he doesn’t understand time travel. To say nothing about other projects like Dungeon Man.

Granted, PSI doesn’t always pass to children, Lloyd and Jeff are examples of this. But it’s fair to say that anyone in the games who has PSI powers must have either gotten them from being related to or having studied with Ninten’s Great Grandfather George. Or, alternatively, through contact with Giygas.