<p>As of Episode 7, it's been revealed that it indicates how many Empowering Arrows she can fire and that she only has twelve of these arrows available.</p>

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<p>As of episode 7, we know the following:</p>

<ul>
<li>Rei is somehow connected to the Alones that are attacking the city.</li>
<li>The (unnamed) black bird is able to inflict extreme pain on Rei through those feathers.</li>
<li>Every time Rei fires an arrow at an Alone, she consumes one feather.</li>
</ul>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/mNIh6.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p>

<p>Is there anything else that has been revealed? Do these feathers symbolize anything?</p>

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[Note that the appropriateness of such questions has been covered on this meta post.](http://meta.anime.stackexchange.com/questions/457/should-questions-that-are-unanswerable-until-later-unaired-episodes-chapters-b)
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What are the feathers on Rei's neck?
# What are the feathers on Rei's neck?
Posted by: username_0 on 2013-02-22
As of episode 7, we know the following:

* Rei is somehow connected to the Alones that are attacking the city.
* The (unnamed) black bird is able to inflict extreme pain on Rei through those feathers.
* Every time Rei fires an arrow at an Alone, she consumes one feather.

![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/mNIh6.jpg)

Is there anything else that has been revealed? Do these feathers symbolize anything?
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> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: [Note that the appropriateness of such questions has been covered on this meta post.](http://meta.anime.stackexchange.com/questions/457/should-questions-that-are-unanswerable-until-later-unaired-episodes-chapters-b)  
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### Answer by username_1 on 2013-02-22. Score: 4
As of Episode 7, it's been revealed that it indicates how many Empowering Arrows she can fire and that she only has twelve of these arrows available.
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