I told them I’d protect them, but there was no stopping this.
Yeah. That is true, but good luck telling them that.
I wasn’t on my game. My thoughts were on Dad and on Tattletale, not on these people and all the factors that I was supposed to take into account.
Yeeeah. The only thing Skitter actually did to protect these people from Shatterbird was call Charlotte, and she didn’t even take the time to ask where Charlotte was (though admittedly that might be because she was supposed to be here, unlike Sierra), so we can’t be sure that even helped these particular people.
She did do her best to protect the people she was capable of protecting on the way to her dad, though. That counts for something as far as I’m concerned.
But here’s a question: If Taylor hadn’t focused on her dad, would she have actually had a chance of making it to the territory in time to make a difference?
But I didn’t have a choice.
I gave the order, and my swarm spread out, flowing through the crowd. It was enough bugs to get people’s attention.
“Hi, there. Bug girl’s in the house.”
I just hoped the benefits of having the bugs there would outweigh any fear or discomfort the bugs generated.
Which benefits do you mean in particular? Intimidating would-be aggressors? Scoping out the crowd? Giving them the sense that you are present and intend to take care of the situation as best you can?
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