User blog comment:Hidden Scorpius XI/An ever-present detail/@comment-3146930-20150120213220/@comment-3257939-20150121225256

I think you're giving Mercury too much credit. That conversation plus the fact that he only reads comic because of the pictures gives me the impression that Mercury simply has a sharp mind but has zero intelligence and maybe doesn't even know how to read. I'm sure that Mercury thinks that Pyrrha's semblance is what most fans think it is: She touches you and now she can control you but there is more of that and if Mercury didn't fully explained it then it's probably because he doesn't know.