“Skitter escaped her restraints and uncovered another cape’s secret identity, and we can’t say for sure whether it was intentional or not,” Miss Militia explained to the rest of the group. “In the interest of protecting that cape, who I assume isn’t well enough to join the discussion…?”
Certainly didn’t look like it. Jeez, that would be really uncomfortable for Taylor.
She looked at Armsmaster, who shook his head.
“…We’re left with three options,” she finished her thought. “Jail time, especially if it’s discovered that this was intentional. Joining the Wards under a probationary program-”
Regent snorted.
Heh. He doesn’t even know about the main reason Taylor said no to that, and he still finds it silly to even consider.
Granted, he also doesn’t know that she wanted to be a hero to begin with.
“Or, as a final option, some sort of collateral.”
“That option is generally reserved for capes we can trust,” Armsmaster spoke, his voice low.
What do you mean by collateral, though?
My pulse picked up as I heard Armsmaster’s words. This was a dangerous situation, all of a sudden.
“Collateral? Explain?” Grue asked Miss Militia, apparently not gathering the deeper meaning of Armsmaster’s statement.
Yes, please.
“This isn’t the first time we’ve run into a situation like this, though this is a first for an Endbringer event that wasn’t a blatantly intentional attempt to gather information on a rival. In the previous case, the villain couldn’t be detained conventionally, and the Birdcage wasn’t yet running.
Sounds like a difficult situation.
To top it off, he… wasn’t Protectorate material. For reasons I won’t explain.
I wonder if this is someone we’ve heard of.
My first thought was Lung, but I’m fairly sure he could be detained conventionally as long as they kept him out of fights. Unless he can start the transformation without being in a fight, but it doesn’t seem like it.
Or, could, I suppose might be the right tense there.
Yet every individual involved was concerned that if we didn’t resolve the case, it would be a costly loss of resources on both sides with an ongoing pursuit by the heroes, and there would be potential escalation leading to serious harm or death on one side or the other.”
Yikes.
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