“That’s enough,” Coil said. He signaled his men. “Take the prisoner to the coastline and find a spot to depart.”
Cherish was dragged off to a point further down the catwalk. Her shouts reached us well after she was out of sight, “Your boss is screwing you! All of you! You have no idea how badly! You’re cogs in his machine, and he’s only steps away from pulling it all together. Get rid of the Nine, stage the final play with everyone in their proper spots, but then he doesn’t need you anymore!”
Man, her tactic when not allowed to directly manipulate people’s emotions really is super similar to Lisa’s.
And yeah. Coil is absolutely the kind of guy who would do it like this.
In Taylor’s case in particular, she’s supposed to prove herself as more valuable than Dinah in order to have him release her when his plans are finished, but when his plans are finished, if he doesn’t need Skitter anymore, how is she supposed to do that, even if she did a fantastic job while she was needed?
“Sowing dissension in the ranks,” Coil said. He sounded remarkably calm given what Cherish had been saying. “Nothing more.”
Yeah, right.
I mean, sure, it’s that too.
“Right. She could be lying,” Trickster ventured.
You don’t sound so sure.
“She is. Mostly,” Tattletale said.
…but you do.
Hm. I suppose she would know a thing or two about Coil’s plans, but it is possible for her to be wrong. She might be just wrong enough to still be working for Coil.
But she might also be right, in that Coil might not be as close to victory as Cherish is suggesting, or that he doesn’t need them anymore afterwards.
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