She smirked and turned to leave, putting a touch of extra sway into her walk as she made her way out the door.
She had this. A few weeks, one or two months at the most, she could be one of the most dangerous people in the world, barring the obvious exceptions like the Endbringers.
That’s a bold claim.
Also the personhood of the Endbringers is questionable. It would be even if it wasn’t revealed that Leviathan was (probably) never human.
What Alec didn’t know was that her power did have long-term effects.
…oh, really? Intriguing. What sort of seeds are you planting?
Subtle, but they were there. Emotions were like drugs. People formed dependencies and tendencies. If she hit someone with a minute amount of dopamine every time they saw her, it would condition them until she didn’t even need to use her power to do it.
Ahhhh. That explains the name: Cherish, because her victims Cherish her.
Just a little while longer, she told herself, and I’ll have the Nine wrapped around my little finger.
I see. You’ll take over Jack’s role as de facto leader of the group and they’ll do whatever you want rather than spreading destruction and violence aimlessly.
One of the scariest things you could give the Slaughterhouse Nine is a goal-oriented brain at the head of the operation.