I had a suspicion he got her to cooperate with some sort of incentive. Figure out she’s unhappy at home, give her a place to stay and some sort of bribe.
Well… technically that is what he did. Though as it turns out, that bribe happened to be “candy”.
Either way, it’s more fitting with his methods to date, and it would have been short term or more benign. Not so bad.”
Yeah, it does fit into his MO, if we compare with how Coil gets others to work for him.
“Kind of off there,” I said, bitterly.
“I’m aware,” Tattletale answered, with just as much emotion in her voice. “I don’t like it either.
Yeeah, me neither.
He’s been around me enough, communicated with me enough, to have an idea of stuff that I won’t necessarily know or think to look for.
Filing this under evidence that Tattle’s Knowledge needs to be at least somewhat consciously targeted.
I didn’t even know she had powers, or how Coil would have found this out or found her. This is out of character for him. Ruthless, power hungry.”
I mean we knew he wanted power. That was a whole spiel he had back when he laid out his master plan. He’s power hungry, just relatively realistic about how much power he can maintain and thrive with.
The ruthlessness is more camouflaged.
“If it bothers you that much, tell him to fuck off,” Bitch cut in, sounding irritated.
“It’s more complicated than that,” I said. “We can’t just walk away and leave her like that.”
Ooooh.
Is this headed towards the Undersiders not only terminating their agreement with Coil but actively going up against him to free Dinah?
Because I really don’t think he’s gonna give her up through negotiations.
“And some of us are kind of relying on Coil for some major stuff,” Grue spoke. “Some of us have people we can’t leave behind.”
Ahh, right, Coil was helping Grue with the whole Aisha situation, among other things funneling part of his income through a seemingly legal employer.
I looked at him, surprised, “I don’t want to say your sister isn’t important, but… are you really willing to let Dinah stay in captivity, just for Aisha?”
…yes. I think Grue might be willing to do that.
In D&D terms, Grue strikes me as a True Neutral character, whereas Taylor is Chaotic Good. Sometimes the differences between their alignments on the axis of morality causes conflicts between them – Grue is sometimes inclined to not do the “Good” thing in favor of what keeps him and those closest to him safe, whereas Taylor has the heroic (”Good”) instinct to not only harm others as little as possible, but also put herself in harm’s way if it can protect innocent people.
As for the remaining Undersiders, Bitch is the only one I’m decently sure about, but she and Tattle both seem to be Chaotic Neutral (or Chaotic Dog and Chaotic Fun respectively). Regent might be True Neutral along with Grue.
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