Is channeling ability strictly, or partly genetically based?
Partially. [I] worked it a bit with some friends but just left it mostly hanging.
Erica clarified that RJ said all of that, so apparently RJ sometimes worked out plot elements with his friends. [Which seems odd, considering other things he has said about his creative process.]
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