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The Incarnate wheel is a way of breaking the talents up into groups. Our first introduction to it is when Kaz explains it to Alcatraz in the second book. It's basically a circle divided into four quadrants for the different talents--Time, Space, Physical-World, and Knowledge.
A time talent is something like Grandpa Smedry's ability to arrive late to things. A space talent is like Kaz's ability to "get lost" and then get found again somewhere else (teleportation). A physical-world talent is like Australia's ability to
The more powerful, or 'pure' a talent is, the closer it's placed to the center of the wheel. Talents that are vague are more powerful than talents that are specific. For instance, Australia can "wake up ugly" (change her appearance) for a short time after she wakes up, provided she fell asleep thinking about someone. It's very specific, so it's close to the edge of the wheel. Other Smedry's in history had been able to change their appearance whenever they wanted, not just when the woke up, so they would be placed closer to the center.
When Kaz explains the wheel to Alcatraz they get into a discussion about where the breaking talent that Alcatraz has would be placed. Kaz said that's a matter of dispute. Some say it's just a physical-world talent, others say it's something more that affects all four areas (there
Everyone is a dark talent.
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Parallels have been made between [[Silimatic]] [[Glass]] and [[Lens]]es and the different Talents the Smedry family has. For example:
* [[Aydee Ecks Smedry|Aydee]]'s talents are similar to [[Transporter's Glass]]{{book ref|shattered lens|four teens and a pickle}}
* [[Kaz]]'s talent has a funtion similar to the [[Traveler's Lenses]]{{book ref|shattered lens|four teens and a pickle}}
* [[Leavenworth Smedry]]'s talent does something simiolar to the [[Educator's Lense]]{{book ref|shattered lens|four teens and a pickle}}
* [[Quentin Smedry]]'s talent is similar to the [[Oracle's Lenses]], as they are both confusing, but each tell the future.
The [[Incarna]] created the [[Smedry]] line as a power source for their glass and culture. The Smedrys can charge any kind of glass with this power inside them. How Talents are similar to lenses is not a coincidence, and might be a way to funnel off a Smedry's energy. Once the Talents left, the Smedry Power had nowhere to go, eventually building up to the point where every piece of glass touched by a Smedry was over-energized. How the Incarna people gave out [[Smedry Talents]] is still unknown.{{book ref|dark talent|18}}
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