#yapping abt Apollo is my favourite passtime hobby

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HOW APOLLO'S BRACELET WORKS CUS I'VE SEEN TOO MANY PPL MESS THIS UP

Spoilers for aa4 ofc (and aa5 right at the end!!!) and also this is gonna be kinda long so strap in

Ok so we all know what Apollo's bracelet does right? It helps him perceive, ofc.

Well for some of you peeps, it isnt as obvious.

Many people mess up by thinking that Apollo is a walking lie detector thanks to his bracelet. And... To some extent, that *is* true, however, the bracelet is *not the source of his power*

The bracelet is an object made of special (and mysterious) alloy that shrinks very slowly in response to body heat. When a gramarye is facing a person, and that person is feeling tense, then in response the gramaryes feel tense too. They don't realise it, but they do.

When a gramarye is sensing tension, their muscles minutely contract, which creates body heat ofc.

But since they don't *feel* that contraction, they need sth to help them *feel it*.

And that sth is, ofc, the *bracelet*

HERE'S where the bracelet comes to use.

The bracelet, since it's made of that special alloy mentioned earlier, shrinks in response to body heat. That's why it's always a perfect fit to the wearer. When it feels body heat, it, naturally, tries to shrink. But since it cant obviously become any more "fit" than it already is on the wearer, the bracelet tightens around their wrist!

That helps the gramarye know that THAT person is feeling tense.

The perceive it self is the superpower. When a gramarye focuses, the world just "slows down" around them, making them able to see little details that are otherwise unnoticeable. In Apollo's (and Trucy's) case, body language.

That's all really! I just wanted to post this cus I've seen way too many ppl misunderstand Apollo's power as sth that comes from his bracelet. The bracelet just *helps* him perceive, as I said earlier. It helps him know *when* to perceive, to be precise, not *how*. The ability to perceive is the superpower, not the bracelet. And yes, he CAN perceive without the bracelet, he just wouldn't be able to tell when a person is tense, and YES he would still be able to tell that youre tense, even if you tried to hide your tensity. (The only reason he wasnt able to detect that bobby is the phantom is bcus the phantom didn't feel any remorse, therefore it wasn't tense)

Thank you for reading!!🙇 (And enduring my yapping... Jesus, you got patience reading what was already explained in game...)