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Untamed Silver Water
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Handing out powers willy-nilly does seem silly. More something to do to someone in a moment of crisis in the hopes it might help. You can't exactly un-hand them, after all, so once the choice is made it's MADE.
Of course, you did come here to experiment with your Arcane Catalyst power, so you should get to it soon enough! But establishing a level of trust, or at least familiarity, with whoever you Awaken before you do so is definitely WISE! This talk with Willamina was good for that, she at least doesn't seem like a bad person, even if she's a bit groucho and downtrodden by life's more unfortunate circumstances. You want to ensure your chosen target aren't loons or people with an axe to grind before you hand them an axe (potentially a CONTINENT-splitting axe, at that).
Having them be well disposed towards you seems important as well. You have your own situation to consider, given that we now know that any you "Awaken" will definitely know for sure you're the one who gave them the power. Then there's, y'know, the moral ramifications of changing someone's life, particularly without their explicit say-so (maybe never do this, unless aforementioned crisis occurs).
Though... it also seems most people'd give an arm or a leg for a decent power - and as long as you're around it'd be upgradable~. Bet you that guy who could sweat profusely on command had a low power level and that if you could upgrade him he could, um, start to literally sweat bullets or something. Ah. On that thought, maybe be very careful about going whole hog on empowering someone all the way to level 5.
Willamina does seem like a potential candidate, for a turn-her-life-around chance. Sure, it sounds like she's got some ghosts from the ACCIDENT, but that doesn't necessarily mean she'd turn to douchevillainy given her apparent sentiments.
Anyway, those thoughts aside, asks her about what sort of GATHERINGS and COMMUNITY events tend to occur. You may not be the most social of butterflies, but you'd at least want to check in. (It'd also be a good place to check out other people to potentially empower.)
Ah... and, hey, here's a thing you should start doing, when you have the chance. Try to detect if people have a power already - start with with Will here, since you're both sitting down and close, just like how you did with Roach/Drone 657R (who, by the way, should probably get to name themselves if they don't want to keep their old designation). Do this since poor powers are generally something people may keep to themselves out of shame or simply no longer giving a crap once they know they haven't won the lottery... but considering you can upgrade these, they may not end up being so useless after all! And the gratitude of upgrading a 'useless' power into something more useful ought to be quite real, perhaps more so than giving someone a random power that doesn't align with their wants or interests.
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