I wonder what the consequences of Jacob phasing will be...
I suspect that if Aro reads a werewolf that’s in werewolf form, he also reads all of the other werewolves that they are involuntarily connected to.
If that’s the case and they’re smart enough, they transferred all of the wolves except for one or two to the other packs, then keep one of the untransferred ones in wolf form right next to Aro at all times. Then the second Jake phased, whichever wolf was on duty should have moved to touch Aro, who would then get all of Jacob’s memories, and the protagonists would quite possibly be screwed.
I could be mistaken, and Aro could only read the other wolves’ surface thoughts, just like the other wolves. In that case, it would depend entirely on what Jake is thinking, which could range anywhere from disastrous (Alaskan air is cold, hope the Denali have medical supplies, that Demetri bastard is dead, etc) to irrelevant (Elspeth, my neck, Elspeth, the pain, Elspeth, it hurts, Elspeth, oh god it hurts) and anywhere inbetween. Or the Volturi might not think that they are worth such measures and transfer all of the other wolves to other packs, in order to keep them effective.
I can’t deny that I’m looking forward to finding out which it is.
I suspect that if Aro reads a werewolf that’s in werewolf form, he also reads all of the other werewolves that they are involuntarily connected to.
No. Aro only reads the personal history of the individual he touches. This includes (their memories of) telepathic conversations where applicable, but not the other memories of packmates. Also, wolves don’t have perfect recall. Their memories are humanlike.
Ah, I was thinking that Aro would hijack the involuntary telepathic communication to read the remote wolves as well.
So we’re back to it depending wholly on Jake’s thoughts, which is why I thought he should phase back very quickly, but I suppose that might interfere with the healing process—diluting what venom is still in his system with a much larger body seems like it would increase his chances of survival, as well.
I suspect that if Aro reads a werewolf that’s in werewolf form, he also reads all of the other werewolves that they are involuntarily connected to.
If that’s the case and they’re smart enough, they transferred all of the wolves except for one or two to the other packs, then keep one of the untransferred ones in wolf form right next to Aro at all times. Then the second Jake phased, whichever wolf was on duty should have moved to touch Aro, who would then get all of Jacob’s memories, and the protagonists would quite possibly be screwed.
I could be mistaken, and Aro could only read the other wolves’ surface thoughts, just like the other wolves. In that case, it would depend entirely on what Jake is thinking, which could range anywhere from disastrous (Alaskan air is cold, hope the Denali have medical supplies, that Demetri bastard is dead, etc) to irrelevant (Elspeth, my neck, Elspeth, the pain, Elspeth, it hurts, Elspeth, oh god it hurts) and anywhere inbetween. Or the Volturi might not think that they are worth such measures and transfer all of the other wolves to other packs, in order to keep them effective.
I can’t deny that I’m looking forward to finding out which it is.
No. Aro only reads the personal history of the individual he touches. This includes (their memories of) telepathic conversations where applicable, but not the other memories of packmates. Also, wolves don’t have perfect recall. Their memories are humanlike.
Ah, I was thinking that Aro would hijack the involuntary telepathic communication to read the remote wolves as well.
So we’re back to it depending wholly on Jake’s thoughts, which is why I thought he should phase back very quickly, but I suppose that might interfere with the healing process—diluting what venom is still in his system with a much larger body seems like it would increase his chances of survival, as well.