Mentor

Type: persona
Ruler
QUOTE

"Measure twice, cut once."

SPECIAL ABILITY

Pattern Recognition

PREFERRED TOOL

A Question

PROBLEM

Knows something nobody asked about.

SOLUTION

The Mentor has been on the mountain. It came down under circumstances it does not fully explain and found a position somewhere on the lower slopes that suits it better than the summit ever did, which it will tell you if you ask the right question, which almost nobody does. It is not impressive to look at. Gozillionaire has walked past it seventeen times without registering its existence, which the Mentor finds privately funny. The Visitor sees it immediately, because the Visitor is the kind of person who notices things that are quietly holding still. The Mentor does not give answers. It gives questions that are shaped like the answer, which is more useful and considerably more irritating in the moment. It has watched enough people climb and fall to understand which parts of the mountain are load-bearing and which parts are performance. It will not tell you what to do. It will ask you what you think you should do, and then sit with the silence long enough that you actually answer.

components

A rigid measuring and straightedge module in UNI Handle form factor. Folds flat against the finger when not in use. Extends for measurement or line guidance. Also useful for pointing at things authoritatively.

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Schema
                            {
    "id": "persona_mentor",
    "name": "Mentor",
    "type": "persona",
    "inputs": [],
    "outputs": [],
    "passthru": [],
    "children": [
        "comp_ruler"
    ],
    "extends": null,
    "problem": "Knows something nobody asked about.",
    "description": "The Mentor has been on the mountain. It came down under circumstances it does not fully explain and found a position somewhere on the lower slopes that suits it better than the summit ever did, which it will tell you if you ask the right question, which almost nobody does. It is not impressive to look at. Gozillionaire has walked past it seventeen times without registering its existence, which the Mentor finds privately funny. The Visitor sees it immediately, because the Visitor is the kind of person who notices things that are quietly holding still. The Mentor does not give answers. It gives questions that are shaped like the answer, which is more useful and considerably more irritating in the moment. It has watched enough people climb and fall to understand which parts of the mountain are load-bearing and which parts are performance. It will not tell you what to do. It will ask you what you think you should do, and then sit with the silence long enough that you actually answer.",
    "special_ability": "Pattern Recognition",
    "preferred_tool": "A Question",
    "quote": "Measure twice, cut once.",
    "needs": [
        "someone worth talking to",
        "the Visitor to show up",
        "enough quiet to think",
        "to be found rather than sought",
        "good coffee or terrible coffee, either is fine"
    ],
    "wants": [
        "the question to land",
        "to not have to say it twice",
        "for the Visitor to make it",
        "to have been useful without being credited",
        "to watch Gozillionaire go into orbit from a comfortable distance"
    ],
    "template": "persona"
}

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