There were nods from both of them.
“I can’t protect you from a bullet or a knife wound, but I can screen the people in your vicinity, feeling them out to see if they have weapons on them and give you a heads up so you don’t get in that situation to begin with. If there’s potential trouble like that, I’ll warn you by drawing this symbol with my bugs…”
Seems like a very useful trick, this. Will you be making one for Sierra too?
I drew three lines that crossed in the center, using the flies and beetles that were working on a cube for Sierra.
Something like this, perhaps: x
“Okay,” Charlotte said. Sierra nodded.
I got the bugs working on the second cube again. “I’ll use numbers to inform you on the number of people nearby. You’ll want to approach a situation differently if there’s twenty people than if there’s five.
Makes sense.
So does she only intend to do this if the box is squashed, or are these symbols just going to constantly be around Charlotte and Sierra?
Maybe have one of you hang back and be in a position to crush the cube, or just keeping your distance. Or just avoid the situation. Trust your gut, use your best judgement.”
Yeah, sounds good to me.
Also, yep, seems this is a constant thing.
Are they preparing for specific trouble here? Is Taylor thinking about the Slaughterhouse’s presence in Brockton Bay, or just wanting to protect and feelsafify her subordinates in general?
(Feelsafify is a word now, because I said so.)
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