@gaby

[vns]

[ this was supposed to be one of Gaby's days off. in fact, she's not in the safehouse when the message comes in. ]

Turns out that we're missing two new faces around the safehouse.

I'd play a guessing game as to why I wasn't told, but I don't care. These two faces apparently murdered two people that night.

I don't know who they are, but I do know that they're locked up. Any guesses as to what's going to happen to them?

Genuine question. Because I don't know.

Oh, and because some of you think you can do whatever the hell you want around here: don't think the way out for them is a jail break. Don't even fucking try it. And no, Morningstar isn't in the business of breaking people out of jail, because that would be stupid.

[ she's a little angry. no. a lot. but mostly she doesn't know how to handle this one. ]

Look. You know something? Tell me. You won't be "in trouble."

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[shorelined]

She has advocated for caution. I cannot fault her for that.

[ you were a bit quick to jump to murder there, is what he means. ]

[batricide]

And I don't care.
If she wants them to compromise us, that's her issue.

[shorelined]

How likely is it that they will?

[batricide]

Depends on how good at lying they are.

[shorelined]

As I understand it, they have only just arrived, have they not? They do not know names, of this network, or the location of the safe house.

I do not mean to deny that this is a serious issue or that we should take precautions. But it is perhaps less immediate than you imply.

[batricide]

Let me present this a different way.
Imagine a bunch of displaced Atlanteans are in hiding in a city that's not friendly to metas. They're hiding in plain sight, no one knows who or what they're looking for. They're safe because people don't know they're there.
But someone slips up. Tips their hands. Shows the powers they have, or trips up the backstory. Says too much about how they got there or why they're there.
The media gets wind of it and it becomes a witchhunt.

[shorelined]

[ is he meant to care more when it is atlanteans than when it is other beings? maybe he does, but kaldur chose the surface a long time ago, too. ]

Killing them would not be my first step. Are there means to mitigate the fallout?

The stories are not identical. What can they say of how they got there and why they are there?

[batricide]

That's a question you'll have to take up with that woman.

[shorelined]

I am interested in your insights as well, Nightwing.