King Of The Flies

"Move, hand" spoke the golden lord, and as per his orders, Loimos's hand moved of its own volition, reaching- Seeking to tear out his own throat with the full force he could command.

Indeed, on top of being an extraordinary tool of defence, offence and even utility, Xacobus's innate ability allowed him to seize control of what the golden dust touched, but unfortunately for him, it could not allow him to control things in any way that he wanted, the grey soil that had been covered in his golden dust could not be ordered to rise up and attack on his behalf, for it did not have the ability to move on its own.

Similarly, he could not do more than order objects to act in ways that he could not himself comprehend, so although he should technically be capable of peeling away at the flesh in the same manner that Loimos had done before with his face, he did not for the process was entirely foreign to him.