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[leftbehindagain]

For the sake of informing those who can't backread the network, it's apparently possible to snap an infiltrator back to themselves without killing the overlay. Unlike going the other way around, I really doubt someone could use it on themselves for the obvious reason of not knowing they could in the first place, but it may be an option, if you need someone back and quickly.

The downside is it doesn't return the person to their original body - it functions like that thing where people end up infiltrating and not at the same time.

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[amadine]

So it switches who's in control of the possession, then?

[leftbehindagain]

...I hadn't thought of it like that, but more or less.

[amadine]

That could certainly be one way of maneuvering things in our favour, if an Infiltrator's being particularly obstructive...

[leftbehindagain]

It could.

Depending on the type and degree of obstruction, there may be cases where the more usual method is better in the long run. [Not that Naoki likes the idea or could do it himself, but.] But this is another option, if anyone's available who finds they can do it.

[amadine]

Oh, don't mistake me - I'm not about to balk at someone slitting the throat of a person who's in dire need of it. But it's a more palatable option if it's something that's in our way, but not necessarily relevant to our goals once we're gone.

[leftbehindagain]

I didn't figure you would. In any case, considering I managed this completely by accident, I don't know how widespread the ability might be.

[amadine]

It's difficult to say. It could be something completely new, or it could be that you're just the first person to feel a pressing need to retrieve someone.

[leftbehindagain]

Exactly. It may not be an option enough people have to really count on it, but on the other hand, now that we know it's there, it may spread.

[amadine]

Which could cause its own problems, if people aren't selective with when they restore their friends' control of the situation. Every new trick is an opportunity and a risk both, these days.

[leftbehindagain]

True. [He's probably lucky Helena wasn't in a position to really upset anything by having that happen.]