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De uma revisão do episódio 5 : "Destroyer"
As they ride an elevator down, Perion tells Manning that he pretended for seven years to be mentally retarded so that Miran wouldn't assassinate him. However, on the private refuge of his small island, he discovered a massive Armor.
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Os "homens santos" eram provavelmente os monges, que não ligavam as "Armaduras", mas usavam seus poderes psíquicos para fornecer capacidade de escaneamento de longo alcance, de acordo com o TVIntrodução de artigosTropes .
Members of an order of monks are used by both the Rivilian and Zafrin militaries as the equivalents of both radar and long-range cameras, thanks to their mental abilities. However, they have a tendency of dying after overusing their powers. Nataruma has unusually strong powers as a part-Emaan, which the Zafrin military trained her to use so she could help operate their enormous Decimator.