Ok here is the idea, River appears to be telepathic but was that entirely as a result of the blue-hands meddling? or did they merely unleash it in the hope of controlling it for there own purposes?. If river already had the “potential” for telepathy (resulting in being a genius) what if it’s hereditary, and Simon turns out to be a “potential” telekinetic and hence far more valuable to the blue-hands. So once they (and Simon) finds out will Simon stay with serenity or leave her and River, to protect his sister and his friends?

I’ll leave it with you…