Talk:Descryer/@comment-37827008-20181231004028

THEORY!!

I think the "potential" that a Descryer senses is how much an elf's brain can resist shattering from guilt. Keefe asks Terik, "Foster's bad potential was off the charts,huh?" and he replies "Not as much as yours." As shown later, Keefe doesn't succumb to guilt easily, so maybe that is what Terik can read. As for Alvar: (spoilers for Flashback) When Terik says that something has changed, it's probably because Alvar had lost his memories. If he doesn't remember what made him join the Neverseen and do horrible stuff, without that knowledge, he has less resilience to guilt-shattering.

(ugh this got all confusing, sounded way better in my head)