“Good.  The team here is smaller than your old team in Boston.  It currently consists of Clockblocker, Vista, Kid Win and Shadow Stalker.  We had two members die in the attack, and a third left with his family when they evacuated.”

Let’s see, Aegis and Gallant died… I guess that means the third one was Browbeat.

Hm, a thought that just occurred to me: If we’re focusing on the Wards not only in this chapter, but in this Arc, then the title of the Arc referring to a role that fits with the job of the heroes makes a lot of sense.

(I’m still not convinced crabs won’t get involved somehow, though.)

Also, if we are going that route – which I’m in no way sure about yet – then I wonder how much we’ll see of Taylor. Maybe this Arc will act as a chance for Taylor to start working on her plan in the background while we the readers hang out with the Wards for a while, and we’ll return to see some of Taylor’s efforts at the end of this Arc from the Wards’ perspective, or in Arc 10 from her perspective?

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