Well, one possible, slightly handwavy solution would be to say that Doug's metagift actually functions slightly outside of linear time. If that is the case, you could say that if Doug will recognize the song as a particular song, then the powers from that song will trigger from the start. Of course, this could lead to so disorienting cases where Doug hears a song start, thinks one set of powers is about to activate, and is then disoriented when a different set of powers manifests instead, since fifteen seconds into the future!Doug knows it is actually some other song.
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Stand between the Silver Crystal and the Golden Sea.
"Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for the magnificence of the legendary cucumber." --Krityan Elder, Tales of Vesperia.
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Stand between the Silver Crystal and the Golden Sea.
"Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for the magnificence of the legendary cucumber." --Krityan Elder, Tales of Vesperia.