Description

Within a fraction of a second after the eyes, nose, ears, tongue or skin is stimulated, one knows if the object is familiar and whether it is desirable or dangerous. How does such recognition happen so accurately and quickly, even when the stimuli are complex and the context in which they arise varies? JOBE scientists believe that the Xan made essences that would improve the perception of the wearer, and that these essences were given out to the specially trained Xan hunters.

The Xan knew that the essences had the ability to permeate the body of any life form and used this for what it was worth as their technology became more advanced. Some of the Xan saw the essences as the gods' way of giving the life forms the warmth and heat of the emotional body. That the Xan were seemingly superior to the other beings was a way of explaining that the Xan were closer to the gods. They opposed the scientific experiments that other Xan initiated to improve the spirits used by their warriors.
Groups were formed on the basis of such beliefs, but they were not supported by the majority of the Xan.

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