Talk:Authority/@comment-30658633-20170228222500

Pack said that Satella could manifest 2000 shadows, not hands. It would explain the darkness she used to swallow almost everything in Arc 4. I doubt Satella's authority of sloth is the same as Petelguese's since each user has a different variation of it. Unless the original wielder has a far stronger version and then it becomes weaker and weaker through inheritage... which would make sense with genes getting lesser and lesser through breeding. Sekhmet's Authority of Sloth is far more powerful than Satella's authority of sloth from what I recall. It must be because of her Authority of Envy that she could take on the other witches. I think her authority (jealousy) allows her to steal/absorb things. Top that off with her expertise in Yin magic and she's already powerful as hell.

It would make sense too. The Witch's (Satella's) genes may be latching onto Subaru due to his scent getting stronger. This would explain why he's able to take authorities. And rather than Satella limiting his power, it could just be that the genes decay in strength through each individual act of inheritage.

Kinda like how Sloth turned from a seemingly unstoppable force into a bunch of weak hands that can be cut apart. And how Greed turned from dimensional manipulation into time stop (I believe the former is far stronger.) And how Wrath turned from a devastating colossal weapon of destruction to emotion linking. It makes sense in my book. It's just a hypothesis though.