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"There's some milk in the refrigerator that's about to go bad... and there it goes."
Bobby, King of the Hill

This is what you call a Willy that uses his knowledge to read a room, while leaning on his charm to navigate it. This, among other things.
— Willy's Perceptive build, Memory Leak

Simza: What do you see?
Sherlock: Everything. That is my curse.

"Does this mean the room doesn't freeze for you guys sometimes and allow you to look around and see pieces of a bigger puzzle?"

Jonas: Don't tell me you haven't noticed how strange the people have been acting around here.
Carter: What are you talking about?
Jonas: Well for instance, that man there right behind Teal'c, he doesn't realize it, but he just put eight cubes of sugar into his coffee, and that lady over at the counter, she's been reading the same article for half an hour. Since we sat down, that waitress has dropped her tray twice and the cook has done three wrong orders including my hamburger, which I ordered medium rare, but is in fact well done. It's like the whole town is half asleep.

"My talent is perceiving and having a keen eye for detail. For instance Mr. Wright; you're desperately trying to change the subject hoping I forget about you breaking into my room, indicated by your nervous breathing patterns and your sweat trickling down your forehead and neck. You're also trying to cover up that embarrassing rip in your armpit. I can tell by how firmly your left arm is pressed against your body compared to the right one. And her [Pinkie Pie]... she's... she's thinking about ladders..."
Sonata, Turnabout Storm

In manners of terrain, you must learn to cut yourself from it. You must cut even your footprints from it, if need be. Have complete awareness of each crawling thing and each precious flower, each blade of sweet grass and each clod of bitter earth, each beating heart and each being that thrums with love, hope, and admiration. Only then are you qualified to be their annihilator.
Meti's Sword Manual, Kill Six Billion Demons

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