Ciruno Fortes said:
As I also said earlier, those had to be the Evolved he has under control or influence. Not to mention it's not as if the game has always been consistent especially between P1 and P2. Not that we're gonna take away the abiltiy from that way but if so, absorbing Hunters and the bio Soldiers are still a big dealbreakers.
Except there's no correlation or similarity between Mami and Alex's power null I'm afraid. Like I said I won't be defending Mami that much I just want to bring up those points above. Though half of them were unnecessary.
He did real fine absorbing that Janitor in the comics though, via touch. He didn't infect that janitor or anything, he just touched the Janitor... And the Janitor got absorbed. He shouldn't have any control or influence over the janitor because he's not infected, but he still absorb him so easily anyways.
The constraints for Absorption thing (such as weakening and subduing) is all from the Prototype 1 game anyways. In the Prototype comics and Prototype 2 (both of which are after the Prototype 1 game), he had no issue with absorbing his targets without weakening or subduing them, he just... Touches them... And they became one with him.
It's likely his abilities, including his Absorption, got improved later, so it is likely that he doesn't have that weakening/subduing constraint to his Absorption anymore (which, outside of the Leader Hunter, sounds like gameplay limitations to me, but whatever).
And there is a correlation between Mami's Power Null and Mercer's Resistance. I've literally just explained to you about Mami's Power Null mechanics. Mami nulls by shutting down abilities, and Mercer resists Power Null that works through shutting down abilities. His resistance applies here, especially in regards to Verse Equalisation due to similar enough mechanics. Mami's Power Null being of magical origin would not get past the resistance as it has showcased a similar enough mechanic for the resistance to apply to it. If it has a different mechanic all together (like nullifying the effects of her target's abilities Gold Experience Requiem style), then she could get around the resistance, but I'm pretty sure it isn't.
None of this is going to prevent Mami from being infected though, Absorption or not.