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But the Lanterns, especially my three, would not be controllable. They can open wormholes for Pete's sake. ,The ring is also powered by their emotion, therefore the ring is simply powerful emotions from the holder. But with the ability to give powers. It is a simple piece of fueled metal without them.
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If Matt could get them in his simulation chambers, open up their skulls, and place threads in their brain, they'd believe whatever he wanted them to believe. The problem is stopping them from blowing everything up while he's trying to do that.

Exactly. Which is why he'd be very interested in finding out how they worked.