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What needs might a gift of mind control indicate?
- mind control alters the brain against nature. Maybe the gift-giver has cognitive damage or insufficiency influencing their community, that surgery is needed to heal. Maybe they would appreciate gifts related to the difficulty of living with cognitive damage or insufficiency.
- mind control provides direct influence when communication doesn't work. Maybe the gift-giver has struggles influencing people present in their community. Maybe they would appreciate gifts related to difficulties communicating, or difficulties establishing patterns in the world that one chooses.
- mind control is an exotic technology. Maybe the gift-giver has more ability to research technology than other ways of engaging the world. Maybe they would appreciate gifts that aid the research of technology, or provide increased capacity for handling other ways of engaging the world.
- mind control demonstrates a norm of producing results without worrying about how they are met. Maybe the gift-giver is in a position of power, or maybe they have very tight deadlines. Maybe the gift-giver has had to meet very tight deadlines themselves.
It gets harder to think with each item.