>>46308885>She's got aura/life force sensing abilitiesO-ho. Murdoch's tabletop version specifically shows a black aura permeating his head and his heart for when aura-sensitive Pokémon like the Lucario or Ribombee families get too curious about him. If we're being dumb and spiritual, a black aura denotes stuff like unforgiveness. Unreleased anger festering within. A crushing sense of grief. A weak and/or ill body. As for counseling,
Orzabal and Curtonix want to keep the traumatic memories a secret from any person or Pokémon wanting to learn too much about those specific events. When something triggers one of those memories to resurface, it causes Murdoch to fall into an unstable state where his mind begins to relive the traumatic memory that was sealed away all over again. The two care little for the man's feelings, unfortunately. They care only that his brain remains under their control for their ultimate goal, and that it doesn't potentially become sullied further than it already is.>>46309435M.A.S.S. has well-documented and ever-present edicts in place that disallow any of its members from intentionally killing other human beings, even those not from The Homeland. This is ingrained in every single human mind born within the society's walls from their birth. He wouldn't aim to win at all because of this, so Curtonix would simply teleport him out of wherever the battle was taking place.
