“We debated that,” Capricorn ventured. “Our instinct is that Cedar Point’s villains would get desperate, if they were trapped on hostile territory. That would risk civilian well being. The trap is a soft deterrent more than anything else. We think we’d let them go rather than try to force it, but we decided we’d leave it up to you, should the Wardens decide to get involved.”

“Then we will get back to you with our thoughts, should we decide to get involved,” the man said. Tristan ducked his head in acknowledgement.

“Control,” Chevalier said.

“The document we sent you outlines a few priority targets to watch out for. In the old days, their wiki pages would have had warnings. Our focus is more on Cedar Point than on the Fallen, because we have an incomplete picture of the latter. These people are more likely to hurt civilians, and they’re likely to escalate the situation. If we can target them and remove them from the picture, we will. We have a contact keeping an eye on them already.”

“We could supply what we have on this group of the Fallen,” Chevalier said. “Whether or not we get involved, I think we lose very little by rounding out your knowledge there.”

He checked with others, and got nods of affirmation.

I felt my heart skip a beat. Whether they agreed or not, they weren’t saying no. They weren’t telling us to go away and mind our own business.

“Thank you,” I said, once I found the words.

Capricorn spoke up, “Our goal with control is to keep an eye out for anything that would make the situation that much worse. If we take out or hamper these problem elements, the situation is free to wind down. If we don’t, there’s a risk it perpetuates, and that’s something we want to avoid.”

“Resolution, then,” Chevalier said.

I was so glad I’d outlined things as Weld suggested, with clear objectives and scenario outlined in the first few pages. Chevalier was really using them as guideposts, picking up whenever nobody else was talking, keeping the meeting running smoothly.

“What resolution do you want?”

“We want a resolution,” I said. “If this ends and the Fallen aren’t wiped out, they’ll hit back. The city suffers. If it ends and they are wiped out, Cedar Point is going to become something more pronounced. We’ll want to be mindful of who is in play, and who might take charge of that.”

“As things come closer to a conclusion, we may take a role,” Capricorn said. “If we’re strong enough, and if we have the resources, we could clean up those who are left.”