"No one's perfect," Keiko shrugged. "An arrested one. And we both know he's likely to go through a re-branding instead of prison. I've read enough PRT files stolen by Coil and you've rifled through enough minds to know that."
"The PRT re-brands villains as heroes?" Charlotte frowned.
"Regularly. As long as they aren't more trouble than they're worth," I confirmed that. "At a guess they'll re-brand at least three of the five Undersiders, maybe four. Regent got up to way too much, Hellhound is borderline."
"Hellhound is a murderer. They let them get away with what.. a slap on the wrist?" Charlotte crossed her arms. "Slap a new coat of paint on them and let them call themselves heroes? They are that desperate for manpower?"
I wobbled my hand. "A good lawyer might get her manslaughter. She doesn't actually control her dogs and her only kills where when she freshly triggered." Not that it was likely that she would get a good lawyer. "She still had her dogs hurt a lot of people later though. They do put restrictions and punishment on their recruits, but not nearly as much as they probably should. They also completely keep it secret from the public. They do it for a simple reason. They know they are losing. So they grab any parahuman they remotely can. It's not a compromise I have to make." I had a much bigger pool to choose from.
