
I would say its safe to have devices to detect aether as well. There are several different such devices in mission dialog.
I for one uses such a device on Erik. His false eye was made by a joint effort of an alchemist, goldsmith, and an aetheric researcher. Of its 3 functions (two of which are unnatural lifelike appearence, and the ability to see through it like a real eye even when its out of his head) one is the ability to (Lybra) view the aetheric aura of others. He uses this primarily to view the health of another (to see where the injury is by a change in the aura) as well as a lie detector (seeing color changes that denotes lying).
I for one uses such a device on Erik. His false eye was made by a joint effort of an alchemist, goldsmith, and an aetheric researcher. Of its 3 functions (two of which are unnatural lifelike appearence, and the ability to see through it like a real eye even when its out of his head) one is the ability to (Lybra) view the aetheric aura of others. He uses this primarily to view the health of another (to see where the injury is by a change in the aura) as well as a lie detector (seeing color changes that denotes lying).