I was trying to be careful when I said "interperet"--I meant from this that he would use the heartbeat speed to make his best approximation, not that he would necessarily be correct. Same with the influencing. I'm figuring if someone says something tender or is crying and he feels their heartbeat rise it's fair for him to figure out that emotion though? For characters like Mauja who keep a stone face he'd just figure "something has that dude feeling a lot of something right now."
I had assumed I'd be asking people for forms, yup. :) If they don't give one I'll do whatever Ashamin might think. IE, if he is chilling with someone and their companion he would probably do a form of the companion, when that character might really be thinking of their long lost brother.
The rest is good, though?