Talk:Sophie and Fitz/@comment-37879183-20190210204924

This isn't relevant to Fitzphie, but if I post this on the limbium page, nobody will see it. So, everyone knows how Sophie has a limbium allergy, right? And how limbium affects the limbic system of the brain? So, the limbic system and the autonomic nervous system are the main parts of the brain that effect emotions. One part of the limbic system is the amygdala. Research on monkeys has shown that damage to it disrupts emotional reactions in monkeys and makes them social outcasts. Monkeys without the amygdala cannot recognize the meaning of emotionally and socially important signals from other monkeys. Recent evidence from humans shows that the amygdala is important (though not essential) for recognizing emotion. Another part of the limbic system is the hippocampus. When the hippocampus is damaged, it severely affects the ability to store and retrieve information in conscious memory. Damage to the limbic system can also result in aggression.

We don't know how limbium affects the limbic system, but Dex told Sophie that limbium would help her focus and help her study for her tests. Maybe Sophie and Keefe were both part of Project Moonlark and they were given limbium as infants. Maybe it worked on Keefe, making him an empath, explaining why he can read emotions from a distance. Perhaps this early exposure to limbium caused Sophie's limbium allergy. Maybe Keefe isn't actually an empath! Maybe the limbium caused Keefe to have powers similar to that of an empath, but his REAL ability hasn't been triggered yet. Maybe Keefe's ability is something else. Maybe Keefe has multiple abilities... Maybe Sophie and Keefe are twins or brother and sister. The limbium also could have been used to keep Sophie's memories hidden, allowing Mr. Forkle to trigger them as he pleases. Sophie's overexposure to limbium also could have made her an outcast in the human world.