Indicate
Pointed
Pointed adjective - Tapering to a thin tip.
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- Rich Burlew pointed out that only Tarquin himself gave this version of events: in the final part of the arc his co-conspirators indicate that Tarquin has too high an opinion of himself.
Source: Unreliable Expositor -
In Stardust, the protagonist Tristran's mismatched ears (one ordinary, one pointed) indicate his mixed human and magical parentage and resulting dual nature, which the reader knows about but Tristran does not.
Source: Duality Motif -
Occurs again later when Tebryn does a variation with the index and pinkie fingers pointed at Zala'ess, this time to indicate that she "saw what you did" aka saw the corpse of her mother, whom Zala helped murder.
Source: Eye Am Watching You
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