Shepherd Book

POSTED BY: trekkerj
UPDATED: Saturday, December 13, 2003 03:12
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Originally posted by Jaynefan:
[I like that, but what's the guilt she senses in Badger? "Skipped off home early, running graft jobs here and there. Spent some time in the lock down, but less than you claim. And you're what? Petty thief with delusions of standing? Sad, little king of a sad, little hill." (Shindig)

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This is an example of her vast store of knowledge more than her psychic abilities, as well as her interesting way of hearing (ie. through the walls/floors of the ship).

Posit 1. She recognizes his accent and replicates it "easily as breathing." Could be that she has learned or studied dialects at some point.

By which follows 2. She has some knowledge of where that accent came from and the particularities of the culture of the area. Again, not out of the realm for her to have studied at some point.

And one also assumes that 3. As the crew deal with Badger on a not irregular basis, she has probably heard enough about him to draw some conclusions.

She knows his TYPE and with her brilliant brain can deduce further what a man of his personality would do. (Perhaps also related to the culture of which she has knowledge.)

River also reads people very well when she is having her sane moments. It's not so much psychic revelation as that sort of "sixth sense" you have sometimes, getting a good or bad feeling about someone you've just meant. But like everything else about her, River's perception is heightened far above those vague hunches we get.

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