"Regent's father is Heartbreaker. His power is making people fall slavishly in love with him. Regent is one of... twenty or so children, and their mothers-" She meets Shen Wei's eyes, knowing he can draw the correct conclusion without her saying it.

"And all of Heartbreaker's kids have some variation on his power. Regent used to use it to get whatever he wanted. He experiences through the person he's controlling, like I do with my bugs. He can't really do more than one at a time, and it takes a few hours to establish control, so it's not something we- the team- used regularly. Until we captured Sophia. And then Shatterbird. He'll still have Shatterbird, when I get back, and I- I have to decide what I'll do about that."