"Joseph Riggs" <josephriggs@lycos.com> wrote:

>Fuku would be a special case, since the cabbit is designed specifically to interface
with a Jurai tree.

Nah. Originally it was a standalone system.
>
>However, in Tenchi OVA ep. 3, Aeka uses Tenchi-ken to communicate with Funaho - and
Tenchi is able to see and clearly understand the response even though he's not using
the key himself.  The logical inference is that the tree is capable of
>communicating even with those who don't have the key.  Communication might be more
difficult, but it is possible.

Well, Tenchi is very special. Maybe he can communicate with all the
trees without any key. We don't really know. Basic communication seems
to be possible without using a key, just no channeling of big amounts of
power.

Ja
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