This wasn’t a victory. It was a stall. We couldn’t stop Siberian so long as she was able to grant invulnerability to her other self, but we could keep her from reaching her teammates in any meaningful amount of time.
And you can force her to continue granting invulnerability to her other self in order to limit how much she can do to help Bonesaw the other Nine.
It was interesting, I had to note, that she was affecting the truck and not her maker.
I mean, so far that’s been logical enough, since they needed the truck… but I suppose they could’ve just picked up their real body earlier on the trip, ditching the truck. So maybe they can’t grant invulnerability to themself?
A limitation? A drawback? Could she not use her power on her real body?
Clouds of white steam intermingled with the black tendrils of Grue’s darkness. We stopped running, but we didn’t approach. I focused my power on the bugs in the ground. Ants, earthworms. Was she tunneling? No. As far as I could tell, the ground was intact. She wasn’t moving.
Maybe they’ve realized they can’t get out without exposing their real body to the Undertravelers?
“What did you do?” Amy whispered from behind me.
I didn’t have the breath to explain.
The Travelers have some really destructive powers.
“Drop the darkness?” I asked.
Grue nodded. The darkness cleared, but the steam didn’t make it any easier to see. I saw the shadowy silhouette of Tattletale, a distance away. I practically had to peel Amy off of me to get to my cell phone.
Poor Amy. 😛
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