He perceives and understands things that no one else does. The world is a very different place for him than those around him see it. For example, he describes part of it to Gene and Finny: “and the ski had to learn to go that fast, or it would have been wiped out by that war…I'm almost glad that war broke out. It’s like a test, isn’t it, and only things and people who have evolved in the right direction survive” (116). As previously mentioned, Leper was the one who brought out the truth about what really happened on the tree during the trial he was summoned to by Brinker. When the introverted and inexplicable Leper finds himself drawn into World War II, it is a sign to Gene and his friends that the war will also try to drag them in any way possible.