Firefight

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of graphic violence and death.

When David wakes up several hours later, Prof has returned and is assembling the team so that they can all make a plan to defeat Regalia. David argues that Regalia is fighting to resist the corruption of her powers. Prof doesn’t believe this, but even if it is true, he reasons that she has killed too many people for them to let her continue ruling. Because Regalia isn’t a High Epic, she has no abilities that will keep her from being killed easily. The group just needs to find her and shoot her, preferably while she is sleeping and vulnerable. After killing so many Epics in battle, David is uneasy with this solution, believing that “shooting someone in the head while they’re sleeping” is not “very heroic” (135). The group breaks up to start gathering data on where Regalia has recently used her powers so that they can pinpoint her location. As he works, David wonders what would happen if the group were to capture an Epic and use their weakness to deprive them of their powers.