@Poliamida
Sorry to nitpick here. I know this is late and I reality do enjoy your story just something's that bothered me for awhile and I still haven't gotten over it any time the story has a bit of a call back or an allusion to it. So I wanna ask and just get it over with.
Something that I don't get back in the chapter where 'Belisaurus Cawl' me t with Director Piggot. When they Peter made that crack about Armsmaster not properly helping Kid Win why not reveal his specialty? Done as an off hand comment it'd show Cawl's abilities like he's flexing without even trying.
"Yes, but for every Armsmaster there are a thousand Kid Wins!"
"You haven't even figure out that poor boy's specialty is Modular!"
Wonder how true that thousand Kid Wins actually is? Don't all we really see is Brockton Bay?
I also would've liked it if they had corrected The Fight's proper name and ethnicity. She doesn't look anything like a fox! And 'Cawl' could have made a comment about them being a little racist for assuming without checking and giving the kitsune name to her for...why?
But the thing that irritates me the most is when the PRT outright declared that Heavy Gear is holding territory like a common villian gang. Yeah they kinda are now. But back then they were just protecting people that no one else is. I expected the response to be something like:
"And you say that after your underlings already took over territories."
"As I said, my objectives don't involve this city. My only purpose here is to guide my pupils. They do as they see fit."
"However I do not understand what you insinuate by 'took over' the former ABB territory. They liberated an oppressed people of your city that happened to be of an certain ethnicity. And from a foe that your Protectorate had so much trouble with that he was mostly left alone! Given their young age and relative inexperience they should be commended."
"The territory you claimed."
"If that's what you want to call it, yes. Two more are planned, and if the city wants more then I'm open to negotiation."
Missed opportunity.
"Again with this? From insinuation to outright declaration that I or Heavy Gear has claimed any land here or anywhere? Where is your proof? The deeds to the land? Tax files? The children are too young to buy property. They have stated no claims to own anything but what they carry and neither have I. If you can't possibly mean like the common gangsters do? Foolishly fighting and killing over streets and buildings they don't actually own? Yes they fight The Merchants and the Empire 88 but so have you. They've neither fought the police or your personnel nor seeked conflict with the
legal authorities and you'd know that if the two of you had bothered to send anyone over to patrol and protect the people. I without fear of a lizard or his assassin endangering you. So if you'd like to do some good feel free to come on over anytime! I am sure your local civilians would be happy to know you care for them. Or are you actually staying away to help sell the imagine of a couple of young heroes who've fought Lung and defeated Lung the RAGE Dragon of Kyushu twice in your stead are just as dangerous villains and to be avoided rather than celebrated? Again I say if you have proof they have 'claimed territory' please use it instead of obscuring the facts to make them look bad so you look good."
Yesh! I honestly meant that to be a few lines but once I got started it just started to flow. Must have percolated more in my head than I thought.
Anyway, it's obvious at that point they weren't going to come to an agreement so why not hit them with some verbal blows when they had it so wrong?
