Athena‘s "magical" power
As I‘m becoming an SLP (speech-language pathologist), I think even more about Athena’s so-called power. As you all probably know, she can hear the genuine emotion(s) in things people around her say.
So what does that have to do with me becoming an SLP and what even is that? In short, SLP’s diagnose and treat communication, voice and swallowing disorders in children and adults. We started talking about voice (disorders) a few weeks ago and how it affects our personality, how and why we even use our voice and stuff.
As we’re listening to people more closely due to sharpening our skills, I realize how much pronunciation, volume, rhythm, tone and more influence the message we get from someone. I know it’s not really possible to 'detect' genuine emotions if the person really tries to hide them. But if you’re listening closely and have developed a feeling for or are receptive to that sort of thing, I don’t think it’s impossible to guess what somebody’s feeling at the moment.
So I’d say that Athena’s just really receptive to detecting what people are truly feeling because she has great social skills and is more experienced with listening closely. The things that are mentioned aside from these facts are probably said to make her fit in in a world of magatamas and even more unrealistic things like logic.. ;)
