“It’s a bit of a crazy idea,” I said, ignoring her. “But what if we didn’t stash her in this base? Or any of the others? We put her anywhere in the city, there’s the risk that some unwitting John, Dick or Harry will come by, and she’ll get them to help her somehow.
What are you suggesting, then? The ruins of the old Protectorate HQ or something?
(I suppose that might not work, if they’re building the a new Protectorate HQ there.)
Can’t station guards on her, so… why not the water?”
I… actually think I might’ve been onto something.
The other options this could imply would be stranding her on a vessel out on the sea (too much risk of her drifting ashore) or putting her on the rooftops in the middle of Lake Heroic.
“A boat?” Ballistic asked.
“I could tell you a story,” Cherish said, “Little girl grows up with money. Daddy pulls in six figures, maybe seven. Massive house, I expect. Maybe horses, a mercedes, indoor and outdoor pools…”
She’s just trying to distract them, I guess, but I do think this might be Shatterbird’s backstory.
“I was thinking about a buoy,” I replied, speaking over her. “Could even rig things so she’s out of sight. Cuff her to it, we can be pretty damn sure she won’t be getting free.”
Hah, nice. It’s got the best of both worlds between what remains of the Protectorate HQ oil rig (steady, won’t drift ashore) and a boat (small, not much room to do things, not likely to have random pieces of tinkertech lying around, not going to have PRT workers coming to rebuild or clean).
Also it’s kind of hilarious.
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