An Antipersonnel Landmine in Human Form

In Zero Parades, PSEUDOPOD describes CASCADE (Hershel Wilk) with a particularly memorable line: "She was brilliant, unpredictable, cursed. An antipersonnel landmine in human form." It's a striking characterization. An antipersonnel landmine doesn't distinguish between friend and foe. It lies dormant until someone gets close enough to trigger it. CASCADE isn't necessarily malicious. She's dangerous by nature, someone whose brilliance and unpredictability make her as much a threat to her allies as to her enemies. The tragedy is implicit: even those who love her might not survive getting close. This is my game of the year. I'm on playthrough number four.

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