User blog comment:Yatanogarasu/What Did Blackbeard Do to Get the Gura Gura no Mi?/@comment-1595565-20101231210311

I think it had to do with absorption. He either drew out the essence of the fruit, meaning Whitebeard could still have had the power in his body, if only for a minute or two. Or, since the Gura Gura no Mi can absorb light, and the quake bubble is by some effect a form of light, he could have absorbed "the light" from teh fruit. I just can't help but wonder if the black cloth served a purpose other that hiding Teach and Newgate.