u/SanguineRoseMun

The latest episode subtly revealed a new part of Orrin's ability, one that explains how Orrin is going to lose.

Specifically in the moment after Orrin captures Sera, we see John comment on the defenses dropping. So its heavily implied in this moment that his ability can buff those under his control. It also explains why their decently conceived plan failed. Is it optimal, no but optimal is often bad writing. They had no reason to suspect that Orrin's defense would be strong enough to keep out all three of Sera, John and Kass. Other evidence for this is the color of the barrier around Orrin losing much of its green hue after Sera is caught.

But now that Sera is under his control, his own body is vulnerable. The next chapter or two is going to be John desperately trying to hold onto Sera in this brutal cage match, hopefully long enough for Kassandra and the others to break through and Hurt Orrin.

It occurred to me with the recent episodes just how poor Orrin is at his scheming, and fitting the themes of the story, its his own ego and obsession over revenge that has done him in.

First just a reminder, this man failed to capture Sera on two separate attacks the day she lost her ability. He then proceeds to recklessly use the dampener on a public cafe with multiple people to attack an ally who is meeting to recruit the asset he fumbled twice. He then further pisses off that same asset, leading to him losing one of his most valuable pieces of equipment in the ability recovery machine, and that SAME PERSON ratting out several of his locations forcing him to go on the run. All because he couldn't be a good person for like five minutes.

His constant ego trip leads him to where we are now. EXCEPT he has misplayed entirely. It's obvious his own resentment towards the Authorites is to blame for him setting up this ambush. Now his ambush his fairly well thought out, if it wasn't for Arlo upgrading his ability and John and Sera being on the board this is a really good ambush. Until you remember that he has his grips in most if not all of the Authorities scouts in the area, with that being how he pulled this off. With control of their scouts, there's a decent chance he could have remained undetected for a much longer time, maybe even fully escaping their gaze. We've seen that he can create commands that remain functional far outside of his range, specifically the command on Kayden to have him not talk about Spectre's location. Instead, just like John going to die in the season two finale, Orrin goes for revenge.

Again, this ambush was decently thought out, but its an entirely near sighted plan that only accounts for his immediate satisfaction. Anyway can't wait to see him get clowned on in the next few weeks.

This doesn't surprise anyone, but I've recently realized something about the unO world large.

We know Ability scores are a part of the world, and that they are actively tracked on official documentation that Schools and the Authorities have access to.

Now if we read into this, it probably means that its something added to yearly check ups at the hospital.

So how does this apply to our friend at the mall? Anyone who has that capacity realistically should have been scooped up immediately out of highschool to work for the Government or companies researching abilities like NxGen, so some dood selling his trade in the mall is the most obvious scammer looking to make a quick buck if its a fake, or up to the shadiest stuff if legit.

I've been thinking too much, as usual. And my thoughts brought me to the Dampener. We know a whole lot about the disablet, but basically nothing from what I remember of the dampener except its effects.

So my question for everyone, do you think its an ability someone has, or is it another gadget.