Quote:That's pretty easy. The Handwavium uses the "Alter Ability" to convert matter into more ammo, but in order to do so it takes a bit out of Ben. So, while he'll always have the Monsterous Arm hanging around, at least he won't always have the spikes jutting out his shoulder. That'd just be a bitch to deal with considering his mode of transportation.
If your arm is always active, you'll need some way to recharge your jet boost attack.
Sirrocco:
I kinda imagine it being Chimpanzee-inteligent. It's reasonably smart, it has problem solving skills, and sometimes it can even put one over on it's Master, but it's no Einstein. Its "Brain Power" comes from some oddly enhanced nerves inside the arm.
Ben can mentally communicate messages to the arm. When it "communicates" to him, it sounds like Scrat, the sabertooth squirell from Ice Age.
As for control, Ben more or less shares equal control over the arm, so it leads to contests of will like the one you just illustrated. When it gets unruly, though, he'd restrain it through a sort of physical binding.
The presence of nubile females in general is enough to get the Hand's attention. In general, males do not interest it. How does it tells the difference? Ben figures it's pherimones and the hand likes to grope the feme's for two reasons: A) It has no eyes to see with so this is how it "inspects the goods" and B) it's just plain letcherous.
Is it terrified of anything? Yeah. Anyone who looks like Ashly from Army of Darkness. Why? Because it's been a rather misbehaved limb and is afraid of getting chopped off.
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