[quote=@Disdain]
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That does not necessarily eliminate the problem, although I'm not perfectly certain what the problem is, as I only remember some of the explanation behind philotes.
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David is basically using them to be things that the source material never allowed them to be, saying that they somehow make sense despite their explanation being a stretch at best, and saying that they're universal. Which is fine, if annoying, but pretty useless against Dark and co.