Talk:Daud's Journal: Billie Lurk/@comment-17194369-20150916172826

"Every one of my whalers is good, though my gifts seem stronger in some than in others, the Outsider's Mark is a mystery in this way. Not something I can control. Those who remain with me either gain in the use of my extraordinary abilities or they don't."

I just realized that this could mean that Daud doesn't actually have any control at all over who gets his powers. Specifically the "Those who remain with me (either) gain in the use of my extraordinary abilities..." part. You could think of it like an ill person "infecting" those around him, provided they are not "immune". This could also make Daud hesitant to live among normal people, as his neighbors would be called heretics or witches by the Overseers and hunted down.