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*** Another possibility is that both are running off of the same mana source, but it isn't Dust. It's Ahrah. Dust's innate evasive movements are empowered by Ahrah's energy (augmenting the dodge with a sort of shroud to make Dust functionality invulnerable during them, but in a subtle way that doesn't make it as obvious to Dust himself), and Fidget is tapping into that same energy to cast her projectiles (thus why her projectiles are able to react with Ahrah's Dust Storm)
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*** Another possibility is that both are running off of the same mana source, but it isn't Dust. It's Ahrah. Dust's innate evasive movements are empowered by Ahrah's energy (augmenting the dodge with a sort of shroud to make Dust functionality functionally invulnerable during them, but in a subtle way that doesn't make it as obvious to Dust himself), and Fidget is tapping into that same energy to cast her projectiles (thus why her projectiles are able to react with Ahrah's Dust Storm)
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*** Another possibility is that both are running off of the same mans source, but it isn't Dust. It's Ahrah. Dust's innate evasive movements are empowered by Ahrah's energy (augmenting the dodge with a sort of shroud to make Dust functionality invulnerable during them, but in a subtle way that doesn't make it as obvious to Dust himself), and Fidget is tapping into that same energy to cast her projectiles (thus why her projectiles are able to react with Ahrah's Dust Storm)
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*** Another possibility is that both are running off of the same mans mana source, but it isn't Dust. It's Ahrah. Dust's innate evasive movements are empowered by Ahrah's energy (augmenting the dodge with a sort of shroud to make Dust functionality invulnerable during them, but in a subtle way that doesn't make it as obvious to Dust himself), and Fidget is tapping into that same energy to cast her projectiles (thus why her projectiles are able to react with Ahrah's Dust Storm)
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*** Another possibility is that both are running off of the same mans source, but it isn't Dust. It's Ahrah. Dust's innate evasive movements are empowered by Ahrah's energy (augmenting the dodge with a sort of shroud to make Dust functionality invulnerable during them, but in a subtle way that doesn't make it as obvious to Dust himself), and Fidget is tapping into that same energy to cast her projectiles (thus why her projectiles are able to react with Ahrah's Dust Storm)
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*** May not have been something that precise, so much as a vague sense that SOMETHING was going to happen there and that it would be a good test of compassion regardless (even if the situation was something mundane like needing help with an injured person or minor disaster like a fire, if Dust stopped to help, it's a good sign). The monsters were just the "trouble" he sensed.
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** The [[WatsonianVsDoylist Doylist]] answer is that Dust was originally going to be able to cast his own projectiles from his hand, but the animation was too disruptive to the flow of battle and there was a second character ''right there.''
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oh my god I misspelled "thing"
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** Trying to quantify the shadiness of a shady Dumbledore figure is hard, because the shady Dumbledore figure is inherently mysterious and hiding the extent of his powers. But with the window to prevent the violent extinction of his species rapidly closing, Elder Grey Eyes was on a time crunch to [[spoiler: test his LaserGuidedTykeBomb]] as fast as possible, and he only has one shot. [[spoiler: Denham]] might have looked like an acceptable sacrifice to make sure that Dust understood, agreed with, and was willing to kill over [[spoiler: Genocide Is Bad. Killing Gaius for that reason is literally Dust's primary purpose, so it's the most important thin to test.]]
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** Trying to quantify the shadiness of a shady Dumbledore figure is hard, because the shady Dumbledore figure is inherently mysterious and hiding the extent of his powers. But with the window to prevent the violent extinction of his species rapidly closing, Elder Grey Eyes was on a time crunch to [[spoiler: test his LaserGuidedTykeBomb]] as fast as possible, and he only has one shot. [[spoiler: Denham]] might have looked like an acceptable sacrifice to make sure that Dust understood, agreed with, and was willing to kill over [[spoiler: Genocide Is Bad. Killing Gaius for that reason is literally Dust's primary purpose, so it's the most important thin thing to test.]]
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coming back to this page years later because I just now noticed the thing about Oneida and Geehan
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** [[spoiler: Saving Oneida and Geehan outside Aurora]] was explicitly also JustAsPlanned to test Dust's altruism towards strangers, and that event had such delicate timing that either Elder Gray Eyes can see the future with great precision ''or'' the [[spoiler: giant attack]] was deliberately staged. [[spoiler: Fuse also, coincidentally, happens to be the one commanding all the monsters.]]
** Trying to quantify the shadiness of a shady Dumbledore figure is hard, because the shady Dumbledore figure is inherently mysterious and hiding the extent of his powers. But with the window to prevent the violent extinction of his species rapidly closing, Elder Grey Eyes was on a time crunch to [[spoiler: test his LaserGuidedTykeBomb]] as fast as possible, and he only has one shot. [[spoiler: Denham]] might have looked like an acceptable sacrifice to make sure that Dust understood, agreed with, and was willing to kill over [[spoiler: Genocide Is Bad. Killing Gaius for that reason is literally Dust's primary purpose, so it's the most important thin to test.]]
** Trying to quantify the shadiness of a shady Dumbledore figure is hard, because the shady Dumbledore figure is inherently mysterious and hiding the extent of his powers. But with the window to prevent the violent extinction of his species rapidly closing, Elder Grey Eyes was on a time crunch to [[spoiler: test his LaserGuidedTykeBomb]] as fast as possible, and he only has one shot. [[spoiler: Denham]] might have looked like an acceptable sacrifice to make sure that Dust understood, agreed with, and was willing to kill over [[spoiler: Genocide Is Bad. Killing Gaius for that reason is literally Dust's primary purpose, so it's the most important thin to test.]]
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** Perhaps [[NothingIsScarier there are bigger things than you]] wandering around the Caverns...
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** However, if Dust [[spoiler: [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome AIR GRAPPLES A FUCKING AIRSHIP]]]], the explosion will hurt both friend and foe alike...which makes sense, given that it's pretty much impossible to aim an explosion away from someone in the blast radius without a shield of some sort, and Dust can't do that.
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** However, if Dust [[spoiler: [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome AIR GRAPPLES A FUCKING AIRSHIP]]]], the explosion will hurt both friend and foe alike...which makes sense, given that it's pretty much impossible to aim an explosion away from someone in the blast radius without a shield of some sort, and Dust can't do that.
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** [[spoiler:The number may be less than you'd think. Remember, Cassius was a Royal Assassin. He probably wasn't out on the frontlines of battle. Instead he was more likely sent in to deal with situations that required a...softer touch. Things like a village supporting the Moonbloods. Which is a whole 'nother kind of horrifying, but I doubt he had that high a kill count.]]
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** [[spoiler:Alternatively, all the Merchant needs is one, and then he can figure out how to replicate it, what metals are used, what treatments have been done to them, etc. Once you sell him one, he can reproduce them through whatever means he uses]]
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** [[spoiler:Alternatively, all the Merchant needs is one, and then he can figure out how to replicate it, what metals are used, what treatments have been done to them, etc. Once you sell him one, he can reproduce them through whatever means he uses]]
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** [[spoiler:Alternatively, all the Merchant needs is one, and then he can figure out how to replicate it, what metals are used, what treatments have been done to them, etc. Once you sell him one, he can reproduce them through whatever means he uses]]
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** I think it's more that Gray-Eyes saw what was already happening, and planned for Jin's compassion to rectify both situations. With Fuse, he may have seen Fuse slipping into genocidal hate, and subtly sent Dust after him, as well as sending making it so that Dust would stumble upon Mudpot. I don't think he directly planned for the surrounding events, so much as, at best, saw them, and planned for the Sen-Mitrarin to fix them by subtly sending him those directions
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** Could this work the other way around? E.g., Fidget using Dust's energy to cast projectiles? He is holding Ahrah in his hand all the time, so if Fidget has any actual connection to the blade...
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*** The Moonbloods didn't exactly "brainwash" Cassius (even though Gaius believes this to be the case), since [[spoiler:both Cassius and Jin were already ''dead'', or, at least, mortally wounded, having slain each other in a way that created a bond between their spirits, allowing them to be combined into Dust. This is why, during TheReveal, Dust seems to have regained memories of ''both'']]. It's worth pointing out, though, that even Dust himself gets fed up with Ahrah's cryptic "guidance" on at least one occasion. Then again, since we never see the full extent of the abilities the Moonbloods possess, it's entirely possible that there ''have'' been cases of them doing something even more morally questionable: perhaps those who started the genocide knew something about them that we never find out.
