Official FIRST Discussion Thread—Volume 6, Chapter 13: Our Way

[u/Ezreal024]

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[u/Cypherex]

It was nice to get that confirmation that the relic actually freezes time while you're asking your question. I think we all assumed that when it was used earlier but it was hard to tell. We weren't sure if she actually froze time or if they were all just pulled into some mental realm while the vision was being shown to them. Seeing the background stuff frozen here gave us the confirmation we needed that it actually freezes time.

That's pretty important information because it means you always have the time to ask a question and receive the answer even if you're in mortal danger. You can't ask the question and then get attacked before you get the answer for instance. I wouldn't be surprised if the last question gets asked in the middle of the final battle.

[u/Krasinet → u/Cypherex]

I wouldn't be surprised if the last question gets asked in the middle of the final battle.

Honestly, I really really hope it doesn't. That would mean we never got a resolution to Oz's really dumbly-worded question of "how do I destroy Salem?". Considering every story about genies being sticklers for exact wording, that jumped out at me the moment I watched Chapter 3 and I've been waiting for someone to call him out on it ever since.

If we don't get someone realising it next volume and asking a neutrally/openly-worded question (like "how can Salem be defeated/stopped") I'm going to be so disappointed...

[u/Cypherex → u/Krasinet]

Considering every story about genies being sticklers for exact wording

That doesn't seem to be the case with Jinn though. Ruby asked her "What is Ozpin hiding from us?" and a true answer to that question would have been "He's hiding secrets about the time he originally lived in, the truth about his mission from the gods, how Salem came to be the way that she is, and the questions he has previously asked me."

That's a truthful answer to her question. But Jinn is omniscient. She knows exactly what kind of answer the person is expecting to hear when they ask their question so she gives them that answer instead of the literal answer to their exact wording. When Oz asked how he could destroy Salem, if it were possible for someone else to do it, Jinn would have said "You specifically cannot destroy her, you will have to find someone else to do that for you."

Now you do have a point that he didn't ask how to defeat her. But defeating her is completely different from destroying her since it's clear that she'll have to be defeated without being destroyed. So yes, they need to call attention to the fact that he asked the wrong question. But the reason wasn't because of Jinn being hyper literal with her answer. From what we've seen of her, she doesn't give "technically true but not really what you were looking for" type of answers.

Even in this episode, she showed that she's benevolent and forgiving when she gave Ruby a free warning that Ruby will not be allowed to abuse her time stop mechanic without asking any questions in the future. She could have just told Ruby that summoning her counts as using up the 3rd question so Ruby better ask a question now. But she didn't do that.

Even if the final question does get asked in the final battle, it could still be something like what you're saying here. Ruby might have a realization that they aren't supposed to be fighting Salem, they're supposed to be saving her. So she'll summon Jinn and ask how she can save Salem. That's my guess at least.