Tattletale nodded.
“He’s been doing that from the start?”
“Some. The bank robbery, he had our back. But timing was sensitive, and I guess he wanted to maximize the chances that he’d get Dinah, so he didn’t have a concurrent reality where he kept us out of action.
Makes sense, although I suppose he could’ve opted for a secondary reality where he sent someone else. Another team, or maybe some of his soldiers (though that would make the crime traceable back to him).
And, according to him, we succeeded in both cases, though Bitch got hurt in a fight with Glory Girl in the other one. Lucky for us, I suppose, that the world where she didn’t get hurt was the same one where Coil got his captive.”
Ouch, yeah.
I winced. Even an offhand mention of the role I’d played in what happened to Dinah elicited a painful stab of guilt.
Yeeah, Taylor’s not quite over that yet.
“We didn’t have him for the fight with Bakuda, but we did have him for the fundraiser. He had the other version of us in reserve.”
In other words, they were guaranteed to win because if they didn’t, he would’ve chosen the reality where he didn’t ask them to try.
This is a really cool concept, and can act as a very good device to explain plot armor while throwing the characters into incredibly risky scenarios.
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