Shadow Weaver watched Catra take the crystal, a flash of satisfaction running through her as Catra examined it carefully. This was almost too easy. She'd known she could use Catra's lust for recognition to her advantage, but she hadn't realized how easily things would come together.
The look of brief hesitation in Catra's eyes was a bit of a problem, but she was sure she could squash that easily. Maybe it was her own fault, for fostering such a dependence on each other in the two girls, but it had been necessary to keep Adora under control as she got older; Adora needed to believe she continually failed to protect Catra and that she was the only thing keeping Catra from being disposed of at the same time, or her self-esteem could have potentially gotten too high for her to continue to fail to see the truth. She was just lucky at least that Adora was so simple and idealistic...and that Catra was unhinged enough not to care when she saw Shadow Weaver for what she really was.
"Adora has written you off for far too long," she told Catra, placing a hand on her shoulder as she stared down at the crystal. "She made a mistake in leaving you behind. Now, we can finally make her pay for her treachery."
She placed one fingertip on the crystal, tapping it with her fingernail.
"Hordak will be much the same; contact with the crystal will render him powerless enough to have him easily imprisoned. Or sent to Beast Island, whichever you prefer. That is, if the concentrated magical energy doesn't kill him outright. Either way, he won't pose a problem if we can absorb some of She-ra's power."
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The look of brief hesitation in Catra's eyes was a bit of a problem, but she was sure she could squash that easily. Maybe it was her own fault, for fostering such a dependence on each other in the two girls, but it had been necessary to keep Adora under control as she got older; Adora needed to believe she continually failed to protect Catra and that she was the only thing keeping Catra from being disposed of at the same time, or her self-esteem could have potentially gotten too high for her to continue to fail to see the truth. She was just lucky at least that Adora was so simple and idealistic...and that Catra was unhinged enough not to care when she saw Shadow Weaver for what she really was.
"Adora has written you off for far too long," she told Catra, placing a hand on her shoulder as she stared down at the crystal. "She made a mistake in leaving you behind. Now, we can finally make her pay for her treachery."
She placed one fingertip on the crystal, tapping it with her fingernail.
"Hordak will be much the same; contact with the crystal will render him powerless enough to have him easily imprisoned. Or sent to Beast Island, whichever you prefer. That is, if the concentrated magical energy doesn't kill him outright. Either way, he won't pose a problem if we can absorb some of She-ra's power."