She pulled on her shirt and snarled, “This is the part where I’d threaten to kill you, except they are going to do it so much better than I ever could.”

I guess she’s upfront about why she nominated Alec. No “oh sure, he’d be good for the team, just test him as hard as you fucking can and you’ll see!”

“Can’t do it yourself?” Tattletale cut in.  “Why do you have to rely on them?”

Cherish’s eyes narrowed.  “You’re trying something.  I feel smugness from you, too much confidence for where you’re standing.”

That’s just Tattletale in a nutshell, don’t worry about it.

But yes, of course she’s trying something.

Jack smiled and caught the hairs of his beard between his thumb and index finger.  “Oh?  I’m still interested to hear your answer to her question.”

Thank you, Jack!

“Fuck that.  You’re getting predictable, old man.  You want to keep things amusing for yourself, you know you’re as smart as anyone else in the room, so you take the hard road so it won’t be too easy.  Why not have Siberian eat her?  Can’t you imagine the looks on her friend’s faces when they can’t do a thing to save her?

Well, that confirms it. There is a cannibal on the team, even if I was wrong about Jack taking Oni Lee to them.

Unless of course “eat” is just their term for something weird Siberian’s power can do that doesn’t leave any meat left, but I don’t think that’s the case.

I bet it’d light a fire under their asses, rev them up for the tests.  Maybe they’ll even throw themselves headlong into it, to spare the rest.”

revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night

Also if anyone’s going to light a fire under their asses, it’s probably Burnscar. 😉