Bianca: I have a date! An actual date! With someone who has a full-time job with benefits and prospects for advancement!
I’m home!
Sparrow: Great! I have the next few episodes of Inspector Spacetime ready to watch!
Bianca: I have a date!
Sparrow: Oh! Congratulations! . . . Would that be for before or after we watch these episodes?
Also, before I forget: I’ve been talking to Jany — remember, the girl from the con?
Bianca: With the Lizard, Kara Lynn, right?
Sparrow: Right. They’re asking about getting in touch with one of the researchers here.
Both Walker and Cohen will bring people with Beings to the US for study, all expenses paid. Do we know anything about either of these two? Is one safer than the other?
Bianca: I have no idea. Patrick? What do you know about Walker or Cohen?
Dun dun dunnnnnn
Oh this ought to be an interesting answer.
Revelation time!
*put on helmet*
One (time skip) later and jaw drop faces.
Prediction: The “or” will make it so Patrick is somehow compelled due to a past order to only talk about Walker. Then again, using someone’s name is always powerful.
Actually, have we ever seen beings follow a past order?
It took me much longer to find it than I thought it would, but I officially can say “I think so”: http://erinptah.com/catperson/comic/chapter-eleven-page-6/
Oh shit. They’re going to go with Walker. AHHHHH!!!
Oh, don’t worry, I think it’ll go great if they go with Walker.
*Imagining them burning that mutha down*
Just great.
Would that necessarily put them in danger? Walker is very pragmatic and she knows she wouldn’t get anywhere by randomly attacking everyone who comes in for research. Her file on the Iguana suggests she just wants to study Kara Lynn and doesn’t consider her a threat or a potential asset.
On the other hand, Jany would be a teenage girl stranding herself in a foreign country, financially reliant on Walker and probably with no idea what her legal rights are, and with only her brother (a random college student) to care what happens to her. Walker’s amiable duel buddies are Cohen and Park – we don’t know her standard operating procedure for research participants who aren’t politically/economically powerful enough to defend themselves and be useful allies; we don’t know how typical Lightning’s treatment is.
Hmmm. I don’t think Kara Lynn would end up as poorly off as Lightning, but yeah, I think Walker might take advantage of the situation to exploit them for unethical research she wouldn’t get away with on Cub or Cohen-owned Patrick. Careful, Jany!
It might not put Kara Lynn in danger, BUT the fact that not battling for a while seems to have an adverse effect on Beings is likely to come up regardless of who they go with. And that knowledge in Walker’s hands may bring her a step closer to actually killing any Being she DOES want to try to kill.
Oh, I hadn’t even thought of that! Great point! Yikes.
Argh, Cohen! Regardless of how redeemed or irredeemable or not-yet-redeemed his character is (I mean, he definitely regrets his past behavior but has only barely started to take the kinds of actions that prove he legitimately wants to do better), he’s definitely got more altruistic goals than Walker. But he’s been an abusive, neglectful dick for so long, how is anyone supposed to trust him?
The…omg this may or may not be hilarious. Bonus points if it just cuts to *Three hours later and two summations later* with Sparrow going “well then” – since the rage at not knowing what they were actually told ought to be hilarious, to Erin at least…
What? I am pro-evil authors :D