| Is a user of [[Observation (Megami Tensei)|Observation]] which grants them: [[Observation]] (Varies between Types 2 & 3. [https://youtu.be/i1YhCwcb3GM?t=1194 Observation users consciously and unconsciously change truths around them creating Gods and demons from myths and rumors]), [[Negation]] ([https://youtu.be/i1YhCwcb3GM?t=1155 The power of observation, has the ability to make something without form, be certain and stable], [[The Axiom]], [https://youtu.be/i1YhCwcb3GM?t=1155 tasked humans with observing the universe, allowing humans to assign an answer to phenomena without an answer]. Dagda [https://youtu.be/4haQ5T9DoWk?list=PLDwjEcGRHRZ7pABsyzZ6bOKGshMroT93E&t=881 mentions humanity's "understanding" (observation) is what's locked him and Danu in physical forms]. Nanashi [https://youtu.be/tlSYsvtMFRE?list=PLDwjEcGRHRZ7pABsyzZ6bOKGshMroT93E&t=1431 and his party's denial of] [[YHVH]] cast him into a demonic form. [https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=2580 Gods and demons exist within a human's observation]. [https://youtu.be/Juughi_pBu4?list=PLZ-IDxWdqee_02DqvdXSdY3BjrLzAaxAY&t=75 Demons that also exist beyond death] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Juughi_pBu4&list=PLZ-IDxWdqee_02DqvdXSdY3BjrLzAaxAY&index=23 can be killed by observation users]), [[Negation]] of [[Null Existence]] (Type 3. [https://youtu.be/uJ_XbZOW-zM?list=PLDwjEcGRHRZ5zUG9S3xHvXTTg6nVoSKGO&t=144 Can kill] The White and demons, [https://youtu.be/wPbwO_83Vv0?t=146 who naturally exist within the expanse], [https://youtu.be/DeMAZuyBK2I?list=PLDwjEcGRHRZ5zUG9S3xHvXTTg6nVoSKGO&t=2052 which the Monochrome Forest exists within the expanse], [https://youtu.be/i1YhCwcb3GM?t=1101 a place that is eerily still, having no sound or smell, where even the ground itself feels unusual], [https://youtu.be/uJ_XbZOW-zM?list=PLDwjEcGRHRZ5zUG9S3xHvXTTg6nVoSKGO&t=47 which demons naturally exist in]. The Forest also holds the White’s realm, [https://youtu.be/DeMAZuyBK2I?list=PLDwjEcGRHRZ5zUG9S3xHvXTTg6nVoSKGO&t=1740 which is a vast, white space]), [[Negation]] of [[Incorporeality]] (Can harm and kill demons, [https://youtu.be/6vovyFwhBnU?t=636 who are beings made of data], [https://youtu.be/moAYKVTsmso?list=PLw7p9R_wZx5POaRAtktRwlkGYNQLUdlv4&t=909 that exist in a virtual world], [https://imgur.com/hBzsNkT along with being pure information]. [https://youtu.be/Xl2ZXAZeN3Q?t=19 With even the most] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP8oNYHRuJw&t=9995s basic of objects in the verse existing as data]), [[Negation]] of [[Abstract Existence]] (Type 1. [https://youtu.be/4haQ5T9DoWk?list=PLDwjEcGRHRZ7pABsyzZ6bOKGshMroT93E&t=881 Demons embody the phenomena and beliefs of humans, with their physical forms only being created due to humanity's observation locking them into these forms], [https://youtu.be/mU1bTqbGlDg?t=364 and their true forms existing as the phenomena and beliefs they reside in]), [[Negation]] of [[Acausality]] (Type 5. Can harm and kill demons, [https://youtu.be/wPbwO_83Vv0?t=146 who are natural residents of] The Expanse, [https://youtu.be/8kNv01GNrpE?t=104 a place that transcends the past, present, and future of the multiverse], [https://youtu.be/P-3HpFREL3E demons such as] Ishtar are capable of going into separate multiverses, [https://youtu.be/Rgz8XdoGSPQ along into the "real world"], [https://youtu.be/vt9F5SxUWZ4 demons such as] Demi-fiend, can exist in different universes asides from the original SMT 3 universe, [https://youtu.be/B3_OsqKXf1k?t=168 demons can exist even when the flow of time itself collapses and there is nothing left but a void]), [[Negation]] of [[Invulnerability]] (Type 2. Observation users such as Raidou Kuzunoha the XIV, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx5b3hFhTCQ&list=PLZ-IDxWdqee_02DqvdXSdY3BjrLzAaxAY&t=256s can harm demons with regular guns and swords], [https://twitter.com/attack_dat/status/1498153392740311047 even though demons when brought into corporeal forms cannot be harmed by conventional weaponry], along with military grade weaponry<ref>[http://ddstranslation.blogspot.com/2007/03/part-2-chapter-4.html Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Part 7, Chapter 2] "A deafening explosion broke Nakajima's concentration. A star-mark-adorned F-14 jet divebombed, slicing through the clouds. Nakajima all of a sudden found himself hovering over a battlefield. Below him was a hair-raising sight. An unbelieveably large lump of flesh, a hideous tower of raw meat, was slowly writhing. Its pale green, transparent gelatinous membrane was greedily expanding at its base. Several long black rivers flowed into it. No, what looked like black rivers were actually the hair of the people heading toward the tower. Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people tore off their clothes and proceeded forward completely naked. Rapid explosions echoed through the air. The SDF's F14 jets scrambled from the 7th fleet were attacking, targeting the top of the tower so as to minimize injury to the humans below. A rain of bullets from an attack helicopter's machine guns sprayed through the air. Though that ammunition was capable of penetrating tank armor, it was absorbed without any resistance into the body of the ever-expanding otherworldly creature, as if it was laughing at the pathetic attack. It was almost as if it was trying to prove that any attacks against it would be futile."</ref>), [[Negation]] of [[Immortality]] & [[Regeneration]] (Types 1, 3, 5 & 8; True-Godly. [https://youtu.be/32JBhIqNhEM?t=410 It is noted by] Lucifer that only a human can kill gods and demons, [https://youtu.be/32JBhIqNhEM?t=426 that when gods and demons try to fight each other the most they can do is seal each other]. [https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=2329 Permanently killed] [[YHVH]]. [https://youtu.be/uf4wQ8MsBgc?t=1050 All demons are reliant on the observation of humans to keep them existing], [https://youtu.be/Py_0MoClWdY?t=52 including even nonexistent demons such as] The White, [https://youtu.be/uf4wQ8MsBgc?t=345 allowing them to come back even if they’re erased from existence and nonexistence]. [https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=2438 Along with this, all demons that die return to] [[The Axiom]] and reincarnate. [https://youtu.be/Blfd0N2E2TQ?t=259 This allows demons to die] [https://youtu.be/Uwz652XkLGg and come back in a short timeframe] due to their continuous existence from [[The Axiom]] and the observation of humans. This means even if all of reality were to cease existing, [[The Axiom]] would still exist within it, allowing demons to regenerate back.), [[Negation]] of [[Dimensionless Existence]] (Type 2. [https://youtu.be/4haQ5T9DoWk?list=PLDwjEcGRHRZ7pABsyzZ6bOKGshMroT93E&t=881 Demons only have "forms" due to the observation of humanity] [https://youtu.be/CF9IHP0s0B4?list=PLAV-xzjVBR0UtRCaE75gwmT465Rq_PTQ0&t=1053 with even some demons being in the lowest form of humanity's observation making them unseeable without help], the "true forms" of demons are in truth [https://youtu.be/6064HUSmlT8?list=PLAV-xzjVBR0UtRCaE75gwmT465Rq_PTQ0&t=1150 without the concept of form], without observation [https://youtu.be/i1YhCwcb3GM?t=1155 they are not certain nor stable], [https://youtu.be/i1YhCwcb3GM?t=1155 are a phenomena without an answer] [https://youtu.be/i1YhCwcb3GM?t=1194 and are unbound by concepts such as truth] [https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=1433 completely unshaped by reality]. [https://youtu.be/spraSlJLBXc?list=PLAV-xzjVBR0UtRCaE75gwmT465Rq_PTQ0&t=525 Demons under their observation forms embody concepts such as infinity] which they are free from in their true forms), [[Negation]] of [[Omnipresence]] ([https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=1472 Observation can reduce one into a singular being], [https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=443 when the being was originally one that was everywhere within reality]), [[Negation]] of [[Omniscience]] ([https://youtu.be/xwgnzv4PtQI?t=6658 Humanity's observation of] [[YHVH]] defies his words [https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=2363 and truths], [https://youtu.be/xwgnzv4PtQI?t=6431 YHVH is an all-knowing being that sets the fate of the entire world]), [[Irreversible Damage]] (Nyarlathotep [https://youtu.be/i_7wuRBoEUQ?t=1876 used a spear conjured by humanity's observation of a wound that can never heal to inflict a blow that could not be healed even by the strongest healing magic]), [[Existence Grounding]] (Observation users can bring a demon or god's existence down to their level, such as when Flynn [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFuKLmruIzQ&t=452s and his party's denial] of [[YHVH]] [https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=637 as the one true god brought him] [https://youtu.be/tlSYsvtMFRE?list=PLDwjEcGRHRZ7pABsyzZ6bOKGshMroT93E&t=1431 to the level of a demon], [https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=676 massively] [https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=853 weakening him]. Dagda [https://youtu.be/4haQ5T9DoWk?list=PLDwjEcGRHRZ7pABsyzZ6bOKGshMroT93E&t=881 mentions humanity's "understanding" (observation) is what's locked him and Danu in physical forms]), [[Power Bestowal]] (Gods & demons are granted by humans observations of them. [https://imgur.com/a/KR0vfjC To the point that a gods power is based off if humans still remember them]. [https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=1410 Observation has the ability to resurrect someone and give them strength to the point where they can fight Stephen with [[The Axiom]]s powers]), [[Power Nullification]] ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFuKLmruIzQ&t=452s Observation allows one to remove one's defenses and strengths along with some of their innate abilities]), [[Reality Warping]] ([[Stephen (Shin Megami Tensei)|Stephen]] [https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=1433 stated that humans have the power to shape the world]. [https://youtu.be/jxOBrI4DtvQ?t=2949 Philemon states people have tremendous power in their souls over the flow of reality], [https://youtu.be/jxOBrI4DtvQ?t=2959 with their strong wills being able to change reality]), [[Conceptual Manipulation]], [[Subjective Reality]], & [[Creation]] ([https://youtu.be/i1YhCwcb3GM?t=1155 The power of observation, has the ability to make something without form, be certain and stable], [[The Axiom]], [https://youtu.be/i1YhCwcb3GM?t=1155 tasked humans with observing the universe, allowing humans to assign an answer to phenomena without an answer]), [[Truth Manipulation]] ([https://youtu.be/i1YhCwcb3GM?t=1194 Humans have the ability to change the answer they've found into faith, and eventually into truth]. [https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=2363 Observation debased] [[YHVH]]'s truths, removing him from everyone's mind, killing him), [[Memory Manipulation]] ([https://youtu.be/jxOBrI4DtvQ?t=2922 Through the power of observation, the ''Persona 2 Innocent Sin'' cast were able to erase their meeting during a summer evening, creating an alternate timeline]), [[Perspective Manipulation]] ([https://dijehtranslations.wordpress.com/2016/08/08/kaneko-cozy-narisawa-shin-megami-tensei-ii-interview-part-i/ The power of observation allowed humans to change the very design of] the Abyss [the Expanse] to what they perceive it as<ref>Narisawa: Now, let’s change the subject. I’d like to talk about the Abyss or the demon areas. This time the Abyss is designed like the Sephiroth Tree. We need to read the strategy guide in order to understand that, but is this how you originally envisioned it?<br>Okada: I said earlier that Tokyo Millenium and the Underworld are in contrast but generally speaking, their opposite is the Abyss. It’s like saying Lucifer is Satan’s opposite.<br>Narisawa: Kabbalah is a secret formula that belongs to humans, so how do you explain Lucifer using it to design the Abyss?<br>Itou: That is why we have opposites. We can consider the possibility of humans being the ones who were influenced. We don’t know whether they saw the Abyss’s design after a near-death experience or were telepathically struck by some waves, but if pushed to say, the Kabbalah that’s transmitted through the world right now could be a representation of what they “saw”.<br>Narisawa: It’s a reversal.</ref>), [[Statistics Amplification]] & [[Resurrection]] ([https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=1410 Observation has the ability to resurrect someone and give them strength to the point where they can fight] [[Stephen (Shin Megami Tensei)|Stephen]] with [[The Axiom]]s powers. Isamu [https://youtu.be/WgzEtRMbxnA?t=7911 was able to survive a hit from] Thor despite being a regular human), [[Statistics Reduction]] (Flynn [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFuKLmruIzQ&t=452s and his party's denial] of [[YHVH]] [https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=637 as the one true god brought him] [https://youtu.be/tlSYsvtMFRE?list=PLDwjEcGRHRZ7pABsyzZ6bOKGshMroT93E&t=1431 to the level of a demon], [https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=676 massively] [https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=853 weakening him]. [https://youtu.be/uf4wQ8MsBgc?t=820 One's will and beliefs can lower even] a nonexistent entity's (such as The White) stats. [https://imgur.com/a/KR0vfjC Gods powers can be greatly reduced if they're forgotten]. [https://youtu.be/sBJn2IrfER4?t=169 Observation allowed Aleph and his party to harm [[YHVH]] who stated as they were his creations, there blades cannot harm him, yet they were able to]), [[Resistance]] to [[Memory Manipulation]] ([https://youtu.be/jxOBrI4DtvQ?t=2922 Through the power of observation, the ''Persona 2 Innocent Sin'' cast were able to erase their meeting during a summer evening, creating an alternate timeline]) | | Is a user of '''[[Observation (Megami Tensei)|Observation]]''' which grants them: '''[[Observation]]''' (Varies between Types 2 & 3. [https://youtu.be/i1YhCwcb3GM?t=1194 Observation users consciously and unconsciously change truths around them creating Gods and demons from myths and rumors]), '''[[Negation]]''' ([https://youtu.be/i1YhCwcb3GM?t=1155 The power of observation, has the ability to make something without form, be certain and stable], '''[[The Axiom]]''', [https://youtu.be/i1YhCwcb3GM?t=1155 tasked humans with observing the universe, allowing humans to assign an answer to phenomena without an answer]. Dagda [https://youtu.be/4haQ5T9DoWk?list=PLDwjEcGRHRZ7pABsyzZ6bOKGshMroT93E&t=881 mentions humanity's "understanding" (observation) is what's locked him and Danu in physical forms]. Nanashi [https://youtu.be/tlSYsvtMFRE?list=PLDwjEcGRHRZ7pABsyzZ6bOKGshMroT93E&t=1431 and his party's denial of] '''[[YHVH]]''' cast him into a demonic form. [https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=2580 Gods and demons exist within a human's observation]. [https://youtu.be/Juughi_pBu4?list=PLZ-IDxWdqee_02DqvdXSdY3BjrLzAaxAY&t=75 Demons that also exist beyond death] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Juughi_pBu4&list=PLZ-IDxWdqee_02DqvdXSdY3BjrLzAaxAY&index=23 can be killed by observation users]), '''[[Negation]]''' of '''[[Null Existence]]''' (Type 3. [https://youtu.be/uJ_XbZOW-zM?list=PLDwjEcGRHRZ5zUG9S3xHvXTTg6nVoSKGO&t=144 Can kill] The White and demons, [https://youtu.be/wPbwO_83Vv0?t=146 who naturally exist within the expanse], [https://youtu.be/DeMAZuyBK2I?list=PLDwjEcGRHRZ5zUG9S3xHvXTTg6nVoSKGO&t=2052 which the Monochrome Forest exists within the expanse], [https://youtu.be/i1YhCwcb3GM?t=1101 a place that is eerily still, having no sound or smell, where even the ground itself feels unusual], [https://youtu.be/uJ_XbZOW-zM?list=PLDwjEcGRHRZ5zUG9S3xHvXTTg6nVoSKGO&t=47 which demons naturally exist in]. The Forest also holds the White’s realm, [https://youtu.be/DeMAZuyBK2I?list=PLDwjEcGRHRZ5zUG9S3xHvXTTg6nVoSKGO&t=1740 which is a vast, white space]), '''[[Negation]]''' of '''[[Incorporeality]]''' (Can harm and kill demons, [https://youtu.be/6vovyFwhBnU?t=636 who are beings made of data], [https://youtu.be/moAYKVTsmso?list=PLw7p9R_wZx5POaRAtktRwlkGYNQLUdlv4&t=909 that exist in a virtual world], [https://imgur.com/hBzsNkT along with being pure information]. [https://youtu.be/Xl2ZXAZeN3Q?t=19 With even the most] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP8oNYHRuJw&t=9995s basic of objects in the verse existing as data]), '''[[Negation]]''' of '''[[Abstract Existence]]''' (Type 1. [https://youtu.be/4haQ5T9DoWk?list=PLDwjEcGRHRZ7pABsyzZ6bOKGshMroT93E&t=881 Demons embody the phenomena and beliefs of humans, with their physical forms only being created due to humanity's observation locking them into these forms], [https://youtu.be/mU1bTqbGlDg?t=364 and their true forms existing as the phenomena and beliefs they reside in]), '''[[Negation]]''' of '''[[Acausality]]''' (Type 5. Can harm and kill demons, [https://youtu.be/wPbwO_83Vv0?t=146 who are natural residents of] The Expanse, [https://youtu.be/8kNv01GNrpE?t=104 a place that transcends the past, present, and future of the multiverse], [https://youtu.be/P-3HpFREL3E demons such as] Ishtar are capable of going into separate multiverses, [https://youtu.be/Rgz8XdoGSPQ along into the "real world"], [https://youtu.be/vt9F5SxUWZ4 demons such as] Demi-fiend, can exist in different universes asides from the original SMT 3 universe, [https://youtu.be/B3_OsqKXf1k?t=168 demons can exist even when the flow of time itself collapses and there is nothing left but a void]), '''[[Negation]]''' of '''[[Invulnerability]]''' (Type 2. Observation users such as Raidou Kuzunoha the XIV, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx5b3hFhTCQ&list=PLZ-IDxWdqee_02DqvdXSdY3BjrLzAaxAY&t=256s can harm demons with regular guns and swords], [https://twitter.com/attack_dat/status/1498153392740311047 even though demons when brought into corporeal forms cannot be harmed by conventional weaponry], along with military grade weaponry<ref>[http://ddstranslation.blogspot.com/2007/03/part-2-chapter-4.html Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City Part 7, Chapter 2] "A deafening explosion broke Nakajima's concentration. A star-mark-adorned F-14 jet divebombed, slicing through the clouds. Nakajima all of a sudden found himself hovering over a battlefield. Below him was a hair-raising sight. An unbelieveably large lump of flesh, a hideous tower of raw meat, was slowly writhing. Its pale green, transparent gelatinous membrane was greedily expanding at its base. Several long black rivers flowed into it. No, what looked like black rivers were actually the hair of the people heading toward the tower. Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people tore off their clothes and proceeded forward completely naked. Rapid explosions echoed through the air. The SDF's F14 jets scrambled from the 7th fleet were attacking, targeting the top of the tower so as to minimize injury to the humans below. A rain of bullets from an attack helicopter's machine guns sprayed through the air. Though that ammunition was capable of penetrating tank armor, it was absorbed without any resistance into the body of the ever-expanding otherworldly creature, as if it was laughing at the pathetic attack. It was almost as if it was trying to prove that any attacks against it would be futile."</ref>), '''[[Negation]]''' of '''[[Immortality]]''' & '''[[Regeneration]]''' (Types 1, 3, 5 & 8; True-Godly. [https://youtu.be/32JBhIqNhEM?t=410 It is noted by] Lucifer that only a human can kill gods and demons, [https://youtu.be/32JBhIqNhEM?t=426 that when gods and demons try to fight each other the most they can do is seal each other]. [https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=2329 Permanently killed] '''[[YHVH]]'''. [https://youtu.be/uf4wQ8MsBgc?t=1050 All demons are reliant on the observation of humans to keep them existing], [https://youtu.be/Py_0MoClWdY?t=52 including even nonexistent demons such as] The White, [https://youtu.be/uf4wQ8MsBgc?t=345 allowing them to come back even if they’re erased from existence and nonexistence]. [https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=2438 Along with this, all demons that die return to] '''[[The Axiom]]''' and reincarnate. [https://youtu.be/Blfd0N2E2TQ?t=259 This allows demons to die] [https://youtu.be/Uwz652XkLGg and come back in a short timeframe] due to their continuous existence from '''[[The Axiom]]''' and the observation of humans. This means even if all of reality were to cease existing, '''[[The Axiom]]''' would still exist within it, allowing demons to regenerate back.), '''[[Negation]]''' of '''[[Dimensionless Existence]]''' (Type 2. [https://youtu.be/4haQ5T9DoWk?list=PLDwjEcGRHRZ7pABsyzZ6bOKGshMroT93E&t=881 Demons only have "forms" due to the observation of humanity] [https://youtu.be/CF9IHP0s0B4?list=PLAV-xzjVBR0UtRCaE75gwmT465Rq_PTQ0&t=1053 with even some demons being in the lowest form of humanity's observation making them unseeable without help], the "true forms" of demons are in truth [https://youtu.be/6064HUSmlT8?list=PLAV-xzjVBR0UtRCaE75gwmT465Rq_PTQ0&t=1150 without the concept of form], without observation [https://youtu.be/i1YhCwcb3GM?t=1155 they are not certain nor stable], [https://youtu.be/i1YhCwcb3GM?t=1155 are a phenomena without an answer] [https://youtu.be/i1YhCwcb3GM?t=1194 and are unbound by concepts such as truth] [https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=1433 completely unshaped by reality]. [https://youtu.be/spraSlJLBXc?list=PLAV-xzjVBR0UtRCaE75gwmT465Rq_PTQ0&t=525 Demons under their observation forms embody concepts such as infinity] which they are free from in their true forms), '''[[Negation]]''' of '''[[Omnipresence]]''' ([https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=1472 Observation can reduce one into a singular being], [https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=443 when the being was originally one that was everywhere within reality]), '''[[Negation]]''' of '''[[Omniscience]]''' ([https://youtu.be/xwgnzv4PtQI?t=6658 Humanity's observation of] '''[[YHVH]]''' defies his words [https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=2363 and truths], [https://youtu.be/xwgnzv4PtQI?t=6431 YHVH is an all-knowing being that sets the fate of the entire world]), '''[[Irreversible Damage]]''' (Nyarlathotep [https://youtu.be/i_7wuRBoEUQ?t=1876 used a spear conjured by humanity's observation of a wound that can never heal to inflict a blow that could not be healed even by the strongest healing magic]), '''[[Existence Grounding]]''' (Observation users can bring a demon or god's existence down to their level, such as when Flynn [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFuKLmruIzQ&t=452s and his party's denial] of '''[[YHVH]]''' [https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=637 as the one true god brought him] [https://youtu.be/tlSYsvtMFRE?list=PLDwjEcGRHRZ7pABsyzZ6bOKGshMroT93E&t=1431 to the level of a demon], [https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=676 massively] [https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=853 weakening him]. Dagda [https://youtu.be/4haQ5T9DoWk?list=PLDwjEcGRHRZ7pABsyzZ6bOKGshMroT93E&t=881 mentions humanity's "understanding" (observation) is what's locked him and Danu in physical forms]), '''[[Power Bestowal]]''' (Gods & demons are granted by humans observations of them. [https://imgur.com/a/KR0vfjC To the point that a gods power is based off if humans still remember them]. [https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=1410 Observation has the ability to resurrect someone and give them strength to the point where they can fight Stephen with '''[[The Axiom]]'''s powers]), '''[[Power Nullification]]''' ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFuKLmruIzQ&t=452s Observation allows one to remove one's defenses and strengths along with some of their innate abilities]), '''[[Reality Warping]]''' ('''[[Stephen (Shin Megami Tensei)|Stephen]]''' [https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=1433 stated that humans have the power to shape the world]. [https://youtu.be/jxOBrI4DtvQ?t=2949 Philemon states people have tremendous power in their souls over the flow of reality], [https://youtu.be/jxOBrI4DtvQ?t=2959 with their strong wills being able to change reality]), '''[[Conceptual Manipulation]]''', '''[[Subjective Reality]]''', & '''[[Creation]]''' ([https://youtu.be/i1YhCwcb3GM?t=1155 The power of observation, has the ability to make something without form, be certain and stable], '''[[The Axiom]]''', [https://youtu.be/i1YhCwcb3GM?t=1155 tasked humans with observing the universe, allowing humans to assign an answer to phenomena without an answer]), '''[[Truth Manipulation]]''' ([https://youtu.be/i1YhCwcb3GM?t=1194 Humans have the ability to change the answer they've found into faith, and eventually into truth]. [https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=2363 Observation debased] '''[[YHVH]]''''s truths, removing him from everyone's mind, killing him), '''[[Memory Manipulation]]''' ([https://youtu.be/jxOBrI4DtvQ?t=2922 Through the power of observation, the ''Persona 2 Innocent Sin'' cast were able to erase their meeting during a summer evening, creating an alternate timeline]), '''[[Perspective Manipulation]]''' ([https://dijehtranslations.wordpress.com/2016/08/08/kaneko-cozy-narisawa-shin-megami-tensei-ii-interview-part-i/ The power of observation allowed humans to change the very design of] the Abyss [the Expanse] to what they perceive it as<ref>Narisawa: Now, let’s change the subject. I’d like to talk about the Abyss or the demon areas. This time the Abyss is designed like the Sephiroth Tree. We need to read the strategy guide in order to understand that, but is this how you originally envisioned it?<br>Okada: I said earlier that Tokyo Millenium and the Underworld are in contrast but generally speaking, their opposite is the Abyss. It’s like saying Lucifer is Satan’s opposite.<br>Narisawa: Kabbalah is a secret formula that belongs to humans, so how do you explain Lucifer using it to design the Abyss?<br>Itou: That is why we have opposites. We can consider the possibility of humans being the ones who were influenced. We don’t know whether they saw the Abyss’s design after a near-death experience or were telepathically struck by some waves, but if pushed to say, the Kabbalah that’s transmitted through the world right now could be a representation of what they “saw”.<br>Narisawa: It’s a reversal.</ref>), '''[[Statistics Amplification]]''' & '''[[Resurrection]]''' ([https://youtu.be/defQEm2-A3g?t=1410 Observation has the ability to resurrect someone and give them strength to the point where they can fight] '''[[Stephen (Shin Megami Tensei)|Stephen]]''' with '''[[The Axiom]]'''s powers. Isamu [https://youtu.be/WgzEtRMbxnA?t=7911 was able to survive a hit from] Thor despite being a regular human), '''[[Statistics Reduction]]''' (Flynn [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFuKLmruIzQ&t=452s and his party's denial] of '''[[YHVH]]''' [https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=637 as the one true god brought him] [https://youtu.be/tlSYsvtMFRE?list=PLDwjEcGRHRZ7pABsyzZ6bOKGshMroT93E&t=1431 to the level of a demon], [https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=676 massively] [https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=853 weakening him]. [https://youtu.be/uf4wQ8MsBgc?t=820 One's will and beliefs can lower even] a nonexistent entity's (such as The White) stats. [https://imgur.com/a/KR0vfjC Gods powers can be greatly reduced if they're forgotten]. [https://youtu.be/sBJn2IrfER4?t=169 Observation allowed Aleph and his party to harm '''[[YHVH]]''' who stated as they were his creations, there blades cannot harm him, yet they were able to]), '''[[Resistance]]''' to '''[[Memory Manipulation]]''' ([https://youtu.be/jxOBrI4DtvQ?t=2922 Through the power of observation, the ''Persona 2 Innocent Sin'' cast were able to erase their meeting during a summer evening, creating an alternate timeline]) |
| [[Genius Intelligence]], [[Nondualism]] ([https://youtu.be/8SV3OKgG0YI Everything within Megami Tensei is one, with one simple word binding all together, oneness]), [[Immortality]] (Type 8. [https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=2438 All people when they die are sent to] [[The Axiom]] to reincarnate back, some become demons in these cases), [[Magic]] (Is a sorcerer and a descendant of magicians<ref>[http://menasepublications.blogspot.com/2010/12/warrior-of-demon-city.html Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City] Chapter 2 "Return" "Resting his elbows on the concrete fence surrounding the school building, Isma Feed stood like a shadow. He was dressed the same as he had been in Massachusetts, black cloak draped over a yellowing flaxen robe, and wearing black leather boots. Despite his unusual appearance, the people passing by on the street appeared to pay him no heed. They were not avoiding him deliberately; rather, they did not even realize that he was standing there. Isma had surrounded himself in a magical field. The ability to hide one's presence within a magical field was thought to be the specialty of the Japanese Onmyojis, but its roots were actually far older, and had been mastered by ancient Mayan magicians. For Isma, a descendant of those same magicians, hiding his presence was an easy task. But his eyes, turned to the school building, were full of discontent."</ref>), [[Telekinesis]] (Could telekinetically control James and force him to shoot himself<ref>[http://menasepublications.blogspot.com/2010/12/warrior-of-demon-city.html Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City] Chapter 1 "Return" ""The great magician Isma Feed. I've finally found you." The man's voice was thick with barely concealed hatred.<br>"You're...James, from the FBI, are you not? I applaud your efforts in finding my whereabouts, but this is certainly a rude manner in which to greet me. I presume you intend to arrest me--on what charges, may I ask?" Isma stood up slowly, a sarcastic smile on his face.<br>"As you may know, we're not famous for our subtlety down at the FBI. And if I were to cite each and every one of your crimes, it would take all day."<br>Despite the strength of his words, the man's voice trembled ever so slightly, as if intimidated by Isma's stare.<br>"Come quietly. I don't want to have to drag your corpse around." Bluffing, the man cocked his pistol and pointed the barrel at Isma's chest.<br>"Well, dealing with your corpse wouldn't bother me one bit..." Isma's pale blue eyes glittered with cold light as he stared at the man.<br>Despite his seemingly overwhelming advantage, the man could not speak, and simply met Isma's gaze. Silence filled the room; a large bead of sweat trickled down his temple. Presently, Isma started walking toward the man, his robe dragging behind him like it was wiping the floor clean.<br>"Stop! Don't come one step closer!" Crying out in a dry voice, the man readied his handgun and took a step backwards.<br>"James, if you wanted to take me on, you should have called for backup first. Of course, one person or three people, the result would still be the same."<br>Isma's cold eyes glimmered. As they did, the barrel of the gun slowly started to move on its own, sliding along the filthy wall as if to wipe it clean.<br>The man grabbed his right hand with his left, trying his utmost to stop it. As if it were being twisted by a powerful, invisible force, his right hand slowly but surely pointed the gun at his face.<br>"Stop, please stop. Argh..."<br>The sour, chilly taste of the gun barrel filled his mouth, forcing his saliva and cries down his throat. As both his hands fought each other for control of the gun, the man bent backward and looked up at the ceiling.<br>The low sound of the gunshot shook the room, and the man fell backward, his blood and brains spilling on the floor through the hole in the back of his head."</ref>), [[Invisibility]] & [[Perception Manipulation]] (Is able to hide his presence with a magical field making passerbys unable to notice him<ref>[http://menasepublications.blogspot.com/2010/12/warrior-of-demon-city.html Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City] Chapter 2 "Return" "Resting his elbows on the concrete fence surrounding the school building, Isma Feed stood like a shadow. He was dressed the same as he had been in Massachusetts, black cloak draped over a yellowing flaxen robe, and wearing black leather boots. Despite his unusual appearance, the people passing by on the street appeared to pay him no heed. They were not avoiding him deliberately; rather, they did not even realize that he was standing there. Isma had surrounded himself in a magical field. The ability to hide one's presence within a magical field was thought to be the specialty of the Japanese Onmyojis, but its roots were actually far older, and had been mastered by ancient Mayan magicians. For Isma, a descendant of those same magicians, hiding his presence was an easy task. But his eyes, turned to the school building, were full of discontent."</ref>), [[Extrasensory Perception]] (Can sense demonic presences around and within people<ref>[http://menasepublications.blogspot.com/2010/12/warrior-of-demon-city.html Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City] Chapter 2 "Return" "I can't sense anything. There seems to be no doubt that the boy named Nakajima summoned a demon, but I can't feel any demonic presence...<br>Isma had noticed the similarities between computer theory and magical theory years ago. He had thought the reason that it was so difficult to summon demons into the human world was that it was easy for the weather and the earth's magnetic field to interfere with the environment necessary to successfully perform a summoning. He had theorized that if one were to create a strong magnetic field within a computer, it would be possible to eliminate said outside influences. He had been attempting to do so himself. However, upon learning from the ISG databanks that a young man in Japan already succeeded in doing so, he immediately flew to Tokyo.<br>Looks like I'm just going to have to take the time to search out Nakajima Akemi myself.<br>Disappointed, Isma slowly turned around and started to walk away, when he heard a pleading voice say "Sensei, please keep all this a secret..."<br>Turning around, he saw an ordinary-looking middle-aged man calling to a woman carrying a large bag. The woman waved her hand irritably and started walking toward Isma.<br>She was a very alluring woman. Her beautiful symmetrical body emitted feminine charm and could easily belong to a model. Her hot yet somehow dark gaze could not help but kindle desire in any man that saw her. But that was not all. Isma sensed something from Ohara that set off his instincts as a magician. A smile formed on Isma's lips as his eyes traveled up and down her body.<br>A demon really DID come to the Assiah world. The demonic life within that woman's body is the proof."</ref>), [[Mind Manipulation]] (Has a spell that forces one to choke themself causing more and more pain the more he casts his spells<ref>[http://menasepublications.blogspot.com/2010/12/warrior-of-demon-city.html Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City] Chapter 3 "Return" "As Isma responded with a sarcastic smile, his eyes drifted to Ohara, who was crawling towards the door in another attempt to escape.<br>"Don't you get it yet!?" Isma chanted a spell in a low voice.<br>"Yog-sothoth Ya Rubikay Hara."<br>Ohara let out a cry like an animal and rolled around the floor, her hands frantically clutching at her throat. Her shining, manicured nails sunk into the flesh of her neck, and blood flowed from the wounds.<br>"Ohara, the mark on your neck will not vanish easily. As I continue to cast my spells, you will feel a tightening pain as if you were being hung from the gallows."<br>Isma's harsh, merciless words sounded like a far-off echo to Ohara as she writhed on the floor in agony."</ref>. Isma used the powers he gained from his contract with Set to control and summon all of the humans to create a tower of human flesh<ref>[http://menasepublications.blogspot.com/2010/12/warrior-of-demon-city.html Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City] Chapter 5 "He Who Calls" "Isma was convinced that something was Yumiko. Most likely, the high concentration of biological Magnetite within her body had been a major player in creating the magnetic field for summoning. The divine constitution she had inherited from Izanami was nothing but a giant retention of highly concentrated Magnetite. While meager in comparison to that of Yumiko, ordinary humans also held some biological Magnetite. If enough of it was collected, it might be able to create a permanent overlap of the Atziluth and Assiah worlds.<br>Having already formed a contract with Set, Isma borrowed his power to summon many people to attempt to create a tower of human flesh. And everything was proceeding according to plan. Even now, the heavens split with terrible thunder, and Set's most powerful servant, the great serpent Typhon, reared its head into the air as it slithered from behind a black curtain, knocking over the Soga Forest's trees as it went."</ref>), [[Existence Erasure]], [[Data Manipulation]], & [[Information Manipulation]] (Type 4. [https://youtu.be/YomQXEfgpUs?t=12 Attacks in the Megami Tensei verse erase one from existence, with their body, mind, and soul], this would include a demon's Magatsuhi, [https://youtu.be/xAfj8dcbEYU?t=11520 which is born from the suffering of emotions, such as suffering, anxiety, sadness], [https://youtu.be/xAfj8dcbEYU?t=11625 and an enmorous amount that exist in the Amala Network], [https://youtu.be/xAfj8dcbEYU?t=11949 a] [https://youtu.be/xAfj8dcbEYU?t=10467 network] which has a place of information and all of one's emotions transferred into Magatsuhi, [https://youtu.be/V_gP51MkT8E?t=276 along with this, melting and liquefying demons] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCthAEaDPEM&t=160s and it's been shown humans can be erased too from attacks]), [[Resistance]] to [[Existence Erasure]], [[Data Manipulation]], [[Information Manipulation]] (Type 4. Can survive hits from demons, [https://youtu.be/YomQXEfgpUs?t=12 attacks in the Megami Tensei verse erase one from existence, with their body, mind, and soul], this would include a demon's Magatsuhi, [https://youtu.be/xAfj8dcbEYU?t=11520 which is born from the suffering of emotions, such as suffering, anxiety, sadness], [https://youtu.be/xAfj8dcbEYU?t=11625 and an enmorous amount that exist in the Amala Network], [https://youtu.be/xAfj8dcbEYU?t=11949 a] [https://youtu.be/xAfj8dcbEYU?t=10467 network] which has a place of information and all of one's emotions transferred into Magatsuhi, [https://youtu.be/V_gP51MkT8E?t=276 along with this, melting and liquefying demons] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCthAEaDPEM&t=160s and it's been shown humans can be erased too from attacks]) | | '''[[Genius Intelligence]]''', '''[[Nondualism]]''' ([https://youtu.be/8SV3OKgG0YI Everything within Megami Tensei is one, with one simple word binding all together, oneness]), '''[[Immortality]]''' (Type 8. [https://youtu.be/dFuKLmruIzQ?t=2438 All people when they die are sent to] '''[[The Axiom]]''' to reincarnate back, some become demons in these cases), '''[[Magic]]''' (Is a sorcerer and a descendant of magicians<ref>[http://menasepublications.blogspot.com/2010/12/warrior-of-demon-city.html Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City] Chapter 2 "Return" "Resting his elbows on the concrete fence surrounding the school building, Isma Feed stood like a shadow. He was dressed the same as he had been in Massachusetts, black cloak draped over a yellowing flaxen robe, and wearing black leather boots. Despite his unusual appearance, the people passing by on the street appeared to pay him no heed. They were not avoiding him deliberately; rather, they did not even realize that he was standing there. Isma had surrounded himself in a magical field. The ability to hide one's presence within a magical field was thought to be the specialty of the Japanese Onmyojis, but its roots were actually far older, and had been mastered by ancient Mayan magicians. For Isma, a descendant of those same magicians, hiding his presence was an easy task. But his eyes, turned to the school building, were full of discontent."</ref>), '''[[Telekinesis]]''' (Could telekinetically control James and force him to shoot himself<ref>[http://menasepublications.blogspot.com/2010/12/warrior-of-demon-city.html Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City] Chapter 1 "Return" ""The great magician Isma Feed. I've finally found you." The man's voice was thick with barely concealed hatred.<br>"You're...James, from the FBI, are you not? I applaud your efforts in finding my whereabouts, but this is certainly a rude manner in which to greet me. I presume you intend to arrest me--on what charges, may I ask?" Isma stood up slowly, a sarcastic smile on his face.<br>"As you may know, we're not famous for our subtlety down at the FBI. And if I were to cite each and every one of your crimes, it would take all day."<br>Despite the strength of his words, the man's voice trembled ever so slightly, as if intimidated by Isma's stare.<br>"Come quietly. I don't want to have to drag your corpse around." Bluffing, the man cocked his pistol and pointed the barrel at Isma's chest.<br>"Well, dealing with your corpse wouldn't bother me one bit..." Isma's pale blue eyes glittered with cold light as he stared at the man.<br>Despite his seemingly overwhelming advantage, the man could not speak, and simply met Isma's gaze. Silence filled the room; a large bead of sweat trickled down his temple. Presently, Isma started walking toward the man, his robe dragging behind him like it was wiping the floor clean.<br>"Stop! Don't come one step closer!" Crying out in a dry voice, the man readied his handgun and took a step backwards.<br>"James, if you wanted to take me on, you should have called for backup first. Of course, one person or three people, the result would still be the same."<br>Isma's cold eyes glimmered. As they did, the barrel of the gun slowly started to move on its own, sliding along the filthy wall as if to wipe it clean.<br>The man grabbed his right hand with his left, trying his utmost to stop it. As if it were being twisted by a powerful, invisible force, his right hand slowly but surely pointed the gun at his face.<br>"Stop, please stop. Argh..."<br>The sour, chilly taste of the gun barrel filled his mouth, forcing his saliva and cries down his throat. As both his hands fought each other for control of the gun, the man bent backward and looked up at the ceiling.<br>The low sound of the gunshot shook the room, and the man fell backward, his blood and brains spilling on the floor through the hole in the back of his head."</ref>), '''[[Invisibility]]''' & '''[[Perception Manipulation]]''' (Is able to hide his presence with a magical field making passerbys unable to notice him<ref>[http://menasepublications.blogspot.com/2010/12/warrior-of-demon-city.html Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City] Chapter 2 "Return" "Resting his elbows on the concrete fence surrounding the school building, Isma Feed stood like a shadow. He was dressed the same as he had been in Massachusetts, black cloak draped over a yellowing flaxen robe, and wearing black leather boots. Despite his unusual appearance, the people passing by on the street appeared to pay him no heed. They were not avoiding him deliberately; rather, they did not even realize that he was standing there. Isma had surrounded himself in a magical field. The ability to hide one's presence within a magical field was thought to be the specialty of the Japanese Onmyojis, but its roots were actually far older, and had been mastered by ancient Mayan magicians. For Isma, a descendant of those same magicians, hiding his presence was an easy task. But his eyes, turned to the school building, were full of discontent."</ref>), '''[[Extrasensory Perception]]''' (Can sense demonic presences around and within people<ref>[http://menasepublications.blogspot.com/2010/12/warrior-of-demon-city.html Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City] Chapter 2 "Return" "I can't sense anything. There seems to be no doubt that the boy named Nakajima summoned a demon, but I can't feel any demonic presence...<br>Isma had noticed the similarities between computer theory and magical theory years ago. He had thought the reason that it was so difficult to summon demons into the human world was that it was easy for the weather and the earth's magnetic field to interfere with the environment necessary to successfully perform a summoning. He had theorized that if one were to create a strong magnetic field within a computer, it would be possible to eliminate said outside influences. He had been attempting to do so himself. However, upon learning from the ISG databanks that a young man in Japan already succeeded in doing so, he immediately flew to Tokyo.<br>Looks like I'm just going to have to take the time to search out Nakajima Akemi myself.<br>Disappointed, Isma slowly turned around and started to walk away, when he heard a pleading voice say "Sensei, please keep all this a secret..."<br>Turning around, he saw an ordinary-looking middle-aged man calling to a woman carrying a large bag. The woman waved her hand irritably and started walking toward Isma.<br>She was a very alluring woman. Her beautiful symmetrical body emitted feminine charm and could easily belong to a model. Her hot yet somehow dark gaze could not help but kindle desire in any man that saw her. But that was not all. Isma sensed something from Ohara that set off his instincts as a magician. A smile formed on Isma's lips as his eyes traveled up and down her body.<br>A demon really DID come to the Assiah world. The demonic life within that woman's body is the proof."</ref>), '''[[Mind Manipulation]]''' (Has a spell that forces one to choke themself causing more and more pain the more he casts his spells<ref>[http://menasepublications.blogspot.com/2010/12/warrior-of-demon-city.html Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City] Chapter 3 "Return" "As Isma responded with a sarcastic smile, his eyes drifted to Ohara, who was crawling towards the door in another attempt to escape.<br>"Don't you get it yet!?" Isma chanted a spell in a low voice.<br>"Yog-sothoth Ya Rubikay Hara."<br>Ohara let out a cry like an animal and rolled around the floor, her hands frantically clutching at her throat. Her shining, manicured nails sunk into the flesh of her neck, and blood flowed from the wounds.<br>"Ohara, the mark on your neck will not vanish easily. As I continue to cast my spells, you will feel a tightening pain as if you were being hung from the gallows."<br>Isma's harsh, merciless words sounded like a far-off echo to Ohara as she writhed on the floor in agony."</ref>. Isma used the powers he gained from his contract with Set to control and summon all of the humans to create a tower of human flesh<ref>[http://menasepublications.blogspot.com/2010/12/warrior-of-demon-city.html Digital Devil Story 2: Warrior of the Demon City] Chapter 5 "He Who Calls" "Isma was convinced that something was Yumiko. Most likely, the high concentration of biological Magnetite within her body had been a major player in creating the magnetic field for summoning. The divine constitution she had inherited from Izanami was nothing but a giant retention of highly concentrated Magnetite. While meager in comparison to that of Yumiko, ordinary humans also held some biological Magnetite. If enough of it was collected, it might be able to create a permanent overlap of the Atziluth and Assiah worlds.<br>Having already formed a contract with Set, Isma borrowed his power to summon many people to attempt to create a tower of human flesh. And everything was proceeding according to plan. Even now, the heavens split with terrible thunder, and Set's most powerful servant, the great serpent Typhon, reared its head into the air as it slithered from behind a black curtain, knocking over the Soga Forest's trees as it went."</ref>), '''[[Existence Erasure]]''', '''[[Data Manipulation]]''', & '''[[Information Manipulation]]''' (Type 4. [https://youtu.be/YomQXEfgpUs?t=12 Attacks in the Megami Tensei verse erase one from existence, with their body, mind, and soul], this would include a demon's Magatsuhi, [https://youtu.be/xAfj8dcbEYU?t=11520 which is born from the suffering of emotions, such as suffering, anxiety, sadness], [https://youtu.be/xAfj8dcbEYU?t=11625 and an enmorous amount that exist in the Amala Network], [https://youtu.be/xAfj8dcbEYU?t=11949 a] [https://youtu.be/xAfj8dcbEYU?t=10467 network] which has a place of information and all of one's emotions transferred into Magatsuhi, [https://youtu.be/V_gP51MkT8E?t=276 along with this, melting and liquefying demons] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCthAEaDPEM&t=160s and it's been shown humans can be erased too from attacks]), '''[[Resistance]]''' to '''[[Existence Erasure]]''', '''[[Data Manipulation]]''', '''[[Information Manipulation]]''' (Type 4. Can survive hits from demons, [https://youtu.be/YomQXEfgpUs?t=12 attacks in the Megami Tensei verse erase one from existence, with their body, mind, and soul], this would include a demon's Magatsuhi, [https://youtu.be/xAfj8dcbEYU?t=11520 which is born from the suffering of emotions, such as suffering, anxiety, sadness], [https://youtu.be/xAfj8dcbEYU?t=11625 and an enmorous amount that exist in the Amala Network], [https://youtu.be/xAfj8dcbEYU?t=11949 a] [https://youtu.be/xAfj8dcbEYU?t=10467 network] which has a place of information and all of one's emotions transferred into Magatsuhi, [https://youtu.be/V_gP51MkT8E?t=276 along with this, melting and liquefying demons] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCthAEaDPEM&t=160s and it's been shown humans can be erased too from attacks]) |