( whilst river is normally incredibly secretive about her diary, and won't let jenny actually read it, she leaves the pictures out longer than she usually would, letting jenny familiarise herself with them, to learn something more about her father.
and herself. river had had to work incredibly hard in her later years to prevent her husband from being able to realise who she was -- that he knew her (when he was younger), that she was part-time lord. though it had ended up backfiring on her -- somehow she hadn't recognised him. deep down river had, something about him had been so familiar but she hadn't believed that he could have another face. that belief, and perhaps the limitations of her psionic abilities, made that failing )
It's an intuitive sense. Your telepathic abilities allow you to be able to recognise him no matter how he looks.
( which is why it doesn't work with a photograph )
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( whilst river is normally incredibly secretive about her diary, and won't let jenny actually read it, she leaves the pictures out longer than she usually would, letting jenny familiarise herself with them, to learn something more about her father.
and herself. river had had to work incredibly hard in her later years to prevent her husband from being able to realise who she was -- that he knew her (when he was younger), that she was part-time lord. though it had ended up backfiring on her -- somehow she hadn't recognised him. deep down river had, something about him had been so familiar but she hadn't believed that he could have another face. that belief, and perhaps the limitations of her psionic abilities, made that failing )
It's an intuitive sense. Your telepathic abilities allow you to be able to recognise him no matter how he looks.
( which is why it doesn't work with a photograph )