Erfworld 70, page 64

[SteveMB]

She did not know where the Dwagons would be when she was last with Jillian, Parson had not even devised the plan yet.In order for her to "cause" Jillian to "search in the wrong place" now, she would have to have a real-time thinkagramic link to her. But she is not a Thinkamancer, she is a Croakamancer, whose hobby is interrogation and "persuasion" (and who has some talent in it), but she has no interest in other forms of magic. Nothing has been said or demonstrated to indicate she has such an ability

Nor in fact did Parson discuss the plan with her or obtain her input on the advisability of it vis-a-vis the placement with respect to Jillian before putting it in action. He started to, but she brushed him off and simply told him to do whatever he had in mind as soon as possible, as she had to prevent Stanley from disbanding him.

All good points. All the information we have so far indicates that she couldn't possibly be steering Jillian away from the wounded dwagons.

When in fact she found out what he had done, she seemed not only surprised, but troubled. I suspect it was not because she was afraid Jillian would "break the spell" and hunt the Dwags contrary to her "suggestion", but because of her relative positioning with respect to the Dwags was liable to bring her into contact with them because of her suggestion.

I submit, as I have all along, that the "preceptions" and "emotions" that underpin the spell have nothing to do with Jillian's relationship to Wanda, but to Ansom himself. The "Suggestion" being that, if she perceives Ansom as being in imminent danger, she should abandon any other mission and head directly toward him. Do not pass GO, Do not collect 200 Schmuckers. Which she now is. On a course which rather inconveniently is taking her straight over the lake where the Dwags are.

Hmmm... that suggests another interpretation for the implied comment (Wanda presumably saying something negative about Ansom, to which Jillian replies "Oh, c'mon, he's not that bad....") just before we join the conversation on page 38.

How better to reinforce the suggestion "You need to protect Ansom personally, regardless of other priorities or orders" than to foster the impression that Ansom needs Jillian to take care of him because he is too feckless to properly take care of himself?