Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-25396609-20191207154319/@comment-36817091-20191211032120

ChishioKunrin wrote:

2. But Ozma didn't ask how to save Salem, stop Salem, remove her immortality, etc. He asked how to destroy her, and Jinn's answer was "You can't."

That's what Granaatti meant by "Even if Jinn wasn't using the classic genie word trickery". Ozma only asked how he can destroy Salem, so Jinn only answered the specific question she was asked, without providing additional information that technically doesn't pertain to the specific question of "How do I destroy Salem?" She keyed in on "destroy" and possibly even "I".

This implies the split is between "classic genie word trickery" and "everyday human ambiguities," but by her answer to Ruby, she's shown herself not just not to be the classic genie/oracle, but seemingly the exact opposite, as if Croesus had gotten a complete account of the Persians' positions, resources, and tactics. For a being so seemingly loquacious to give the answer "you can't," there must not have been any answer more substantial within her knowledge, and while "I" and "destroy" are both operative, "I" is pretty open-ended, especially when that "I" is an immortal who's already taken over the world once. To say "you can't" to such a being because he can't do it without others would be like saying you can't cook because your stove is off. So silver eyes are right out, and part of me wonders if even the Penny loophole holds, since it must have been possible in theory to build Penny even then.

If Ozma had asked "How can Salem be stopped?", he very likely would have gotten a completely different answer.

With this I agree, if - and only if - she can be stopped in a way that won't kill her. But this was in response to a post saying she might be rehabilitated and as a result die - if the latter follows from the former, by modus tollens she can't be redeemed, except possibly by something totally beyond his control.