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Quentin's [[Smedry Talent|Talent]] is to say things that make no sense whatsoever.{{book ref|a1|4}} The talent manifests itself several times during the Downtown Library infiltration from [[Alcatraz_Versus_the_Evil_Librarians_(book)|Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians]], where Quentin sometimes makes seemingly nonsensical remarks. In addition to making occasional gibberish comments, Quentin is also able to intentionally engage his Talent, causing him to speak in gibberish for 24 hours.
Like most Smedry Talents, Quentin's is more powerful than it appears on the surface. Not only is the gibberish he says understandable with [[Translator's Lenses]].{{book ref|a1|19}}, it also appears to carry the power of prophecy. When Quentin responds to a question by Grandpa Smedry with "Cantaloupe, fluttering paper makes a duck"{{book ref|a1|6}}, he - unbeknownst even to himself - is foreshadowing the attack of the Alivened later that day; Alivened, made of fluttering paper, bursting through a wall marked with a cantaloupe-shaped lantern, that cause [[Sing Sing Smedry|Sing]] to trip and Alcatraz and Bastille to duck after him.{{book ref|a1|14}} In another instance, Quentin's Talent prompts him to speaks the words "Rutabaga, fire over the inheritance!"{{book ref|a1|7}} This ends up foreshadowing the confrontation against [[Radrian_Blackburn|Blackburn]] - confrontation over Alcatraz's inheritance, taking place near a rutabaga-shaped lamp, and involving a Firebringer's Lens.
== Relationships ==
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|Wasing not of wasing is.
|Quentin Smedry
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== Trivia ==
* His name is a reference to the [[wikipedia:San_Quentin_State_Prison|San Quentin State Prison]].{{wob ref|13678}}
* He is also able to access the past, saying "wasing not of wasing is" in a nod to [[Spook]]'s having existed in the Alcatraz universe.{{wob ref|4551}}
== Notes ==
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