Did Bester find out about Ivanova when she slapped him?
Physical contact intensifies psi ability (established as early as “The Gathering”) but the slap was probably too brief to be of any use. However, he did take care to make her angry, which, as she herself has observed (“Dust to Dust”) makes scans much easier. • Does Ivanova’s latent telepathy provide any protection against attack by a Shadow ship? Ivanova has only encountered a Shadow ship once, in “Matters of Honor,” and it fired at the White Star — but it didn’t hit the White Star. Perhaps Sheridan was wrong about why the Shadows missed. On the other hand, given the behavior of the Shadow ship in this episode, it’s unlikely the ship in the previous encounter would have pursued the White Star like it did. (See jms speaks) • As the only major race without telepaths, the Narn may be in for even more bloodshed and loss; they will be unable to protect themselves from the Shadows as they were (barely) able to before. • The cybernetic implants were perhaps put in place at the Mars facility
