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== Smedry Talents ==
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In the course of the book, it is revealed that Alcatraz's biological family, -- and those that marry into the [[Housefamily Smedry|Smedrys]],-- all arehave bornTalents withthat amazingwould talentsnormally thatbe annoying and frustrating human weaknesses. For example, they include losing things, breaking things, being a bad dancer, and always arriving late. As the Smedry's gain control over their Talent, they can use them to combatgreat theeffect. For example, Alcatraz can break a evilgun cultpointed ofat librarianshim.
Alcatraz has the talent of breaking things.
Grandpa Smedry, Alcatraz's grandfather, has the power to arrive late to appointments. As such, he is always running behind the clock. But his power also allows him to arrive late to other things, like bullets, which always miss him, and his blood can arrive late to wounds so that he doesn't bleed to death. In his own words "I've been arriving late to my own death for years now."
Sing, Alcatraz's cousin, has the talent of falling down at opportune moments. And, while it is admitted that this is less powerful than Alcatraz or Grandpa's talents, it allows Sing to make amazing diversions while the others slip by Librarian eyes undetected. Sing can also tell when danger is approaching by uncontrollably falling down.
Quentin, another cousin, has the talent to speak gibberish or nonsensical phrases. His talent was beneficial after being captured by the librarians, as they could not understand him and thus could not gain important information from him, even through torture. It was through some of Quentin's supposed gibberish that Alcatraz was prompted to know what do to in future events.
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