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Entelechies are not the only entities capable of interacting with Dynamis. The tank limit break that we use during the fight with the Endsinger has been identified as a manifestation of Dynamis. The only limitation that we've been told about is based on aetheric density. Meteion comments that we appear to be similar to entelechies in terms of density, but Hermes clarifies that we're not the same. One major difference that makes us different from Entelechies is that we don't experience others' emotions as our own. That ends up being a critical point in Ultima Thule, as the emotions we bring with us override the despair of the place, whereas an entelechy would be overwhelmed by it.

In the case of the Amaurotines, their higher aetheric density means that they can't interact directly with Dynamis or be directly affected by it. During the Final Days of Amaurot, the Amaurotines themselves didn't transform into blasphemies, because they cannot be directly affected by it. Their creations transformed instead, because they were at a lower aetheric density, and the creations turned on their masters. There are interesting implications around this, though. The Role Quests had us hunt down all the 'original' Blasphemies who initiated the Final Days to each region. Which raises the question of who or what was the very first Blasphemy that brought on the downfall of Amaurot? It couldn't be an Amaurotine, because they wouldn't have transformed even if they were in despair. Was it a creation frustrated with their living conditions? Or could it be a despairing soul that was inadvertently fused to a creation, as described in the Phoinix story? Or perhaps it was a hemitheos.

The Elpis blooms lead scholars to deduce the existence of Dynamis. It's not that you're using Dynamis to change the colour of the flower. The reason the flower is able to manifest a colour change is because it is the source of that Dynamis effect, not the person holding it. That's why other flowers don't change colour in response to your emotions. The reason that your feelings are able to influence the Elpis blooms is because they are entelechies, much like how Meteion's emotional state changes when she's around Hermes.