Editing Rachel Lindt (section)

==Personality==
Rachel's personality is obfuscated by several factors. One is her lack of education that has left her largely illiterate and forced her to adapt to the world in other ways, such as developing a talent for memorization.<ref name="29.1 e1">“Biting people is more satisfying,” Rachel responded.<br /><br />“No, look… uh… Tecton.  You gotta give me something really smart and scientific sounding.  Like, say what Taylor said, but in smart-guy words.”<br /><br />“Critical mistake here: you’re implying Tecton is smart,” Romp said.<br /><br />Tecton sat up straighter.  “Hey.  Just because I’m not your team leader anymore-”<br /><br />“-You’re totally not the one who gets to order me around,” Romp replied.  “Deal with it.”<br /><br />[...]<br /><br />“Maybe if I come with?” Tecton offered.  “I’ll distract whoever Dr. baby-talk is, and you can talk to Miss Militia about dosing your dogs.”<br /><br />“Or you can tell me what you were going to write down and I memorize it,” Rachel said.<br /><br />A few people in the group exchanged glances.<br /><br />“Really simple solution,” Rachel said.  Except now she was talking to us like we were the idiots.<br /><br />“I’m not sure I could memorize it,” Tecton confessed.<br /><br />“The kid that’s running the lap said you weren’t that smart,” Rachel answered.  “Try me.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/09/19/venom-29-1/ Excerpt] from [[Venom 29.1]]</ref> Another is her relationship with her dogs. Possibly as a consequence of having triggered at a young age,<ref name="2.2" /> her already weak social skills and empathy were overridden refocusing on her power's target: Canines.<!--farouche to describe her?

charitably enhanced dogs 
uncharitably horrific spiky mutant zombie dogs from hell
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As such the baring of teeth and direct eye contact; normal human interaction in western society, comes across as threatening to her.<ref name="I11a" /> While frequently and erroneously labeled a sociopath or even a psychopath due to this adaptation, Rachel also gained an unparalleled grasp of dog handling for her age. She can easily distinguish individual dogs of the same breed.<ref name="28.6">The movie showed a dog on screen, being chased by a group of kids.  I could see Imp’s face in the dark, looking as pleased as Rachel appeared annoyed.<br /><br />“''It’s not the same dog,''” Rachel hissed the words.  “''Why isn’t anyone seeing that?  Same breed, but totally different dogs.''”<br /><br />“''Pretend'',” Aisha said, her smile not faltering in the slightest. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/09/14/cockroaches-28-6/ Excerpt] from [[Cockroaches 28.6]]</ref> Rachel continues to struggle to communicate with others but makes an effort nevertheless. She does feel guilt and more for her failed interactions and those she accidentally killed when she first triggered.<ref name="11ae1">And now the others had forgiven her?  So easily?  She could see them fawning over the little traitor.  And there was nothing she could do about it.  They liked Taylor more.  They would keep Taylor on the team and make Bitch leave if it came down to it.  She knew it in her gut.<br /><br />So she’d done something stupid.  She’d tried to get rid of her teammate, and she’d done it in a way that haunted her.  More than anything, more than all of the people she’d hurt, the people she’d accidentally killed, or the days she’d scrounged in the trash for food when she’d been homeless, wandering the cities on her own, she hated herself for what she’d done to Taylor.  She had acted like the people who haunted her memories, using what should have been a position of trust to try to hurt someone. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/06/16/interlude-11a/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 11a]]</ref>, traits not seen with sociopathy or psychopathy.

Another large factor is the fact that she was never properly socialized as a child.<ref name="11ae77">Bitch knew that she wasn’t a lone wolf by choice the way that Alec was.  There was a void there, some part of her that craved that human connection because she was a human and that’s what humans needed.  The way things had played out, things she had no control over, she’d never had a chance to figure out how to deal with people, how to invite them in to fill that void.  Friendships and family, conversations and jokes, being close to others and knowing when to speak up and when to stay quiet?  They were treacherous things, littered with complicated nuances, bad associations, and worse memories.  Even if she somehow got something right, she always managed to fuck it up sooner than later.  Easier to leave it alone, easier to stay back and not try.  And if they got in her face, if they challenged her and didn’t let her keep them at arm’s length?  It was easier to fall back on what worked and what she knew than it was to try to guess how to respond.  Violence.  Threats.  It earned her respect, if nothing else.<br /><br />Then Taylor had made overtures at friendship.  Taylor had invited herself into that place, that void, and had ''stayed'' when Bitch fucked up.  The scrawny kid had stood her ground instead of running when Bitch called her out on something.  And maybe, just a little, in some small way, Bitch had gotten a glimpse at what she’d been missing out on.<br /><br />Only to find out it was a ploy.  An act, so that Taylor could get the group’s confidence. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/06/16 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 11a]]</ref> Rachel grew up in an apartment where her mother was almost never around and she was labeled as a 'borderline [[Wikipedia:Feral child|feral child,]]' by child protective agencies. She went through three foster homes, including one where she was 'given a lesson on violence of every kind.' Her last foster home had a strict disciplinarian mother who punished Rachel for the smallest transgression, Rachel escalated her resistance every time she was punished.<ref>[[Interlude 11a]]</ref> This gave her a skewed perception of what it meant to be in a family.<ref name="11ae2">“I didn’t know,” he managed, huffing out air, blood spraying at his words, where it had run down to his lips.  “Didn’t know she was yours.  She was scary, I- I reacted.”<br /><br />Was he lying?  She couldn’t tell.  She’d grown up with so many good liars, it felt like everything that sounded honest was a lie.  If he was lying, and it was obvious, she’d look weak if she fell for it.  Others might not get the message about this being her territory, about her dogs being off-limits.  If he wasn’t lying… well, he’d still shot Angelica.<br /><br />“''Nobody'' hurts my dogs.”<br /><br />“Please.  I have a wife, kids.”<br /><br />As if ''family'' somehow made you better than someone else?  The idea nettled Bitch.  Life experience had taught her that it was all too often the opposite.  People were assholes, people were monsters.  The exceptions were all too rare.  Far too many of those same people started a family just because they thought it was what they should do, and then they were assholes and monsters to a captive audience. - [http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/06/16/interlude-11a/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 11a]]</ref>

She approaches many of her relationships as a struggle for dominance, though she holds on to her relationships with those who she actually trusts with every fiber of her being. The personalities she presents as Rachel and as Bitch are almost indistinguishable. This likely stems from her homeless years where her identity was known to the public and was actively hunted by Protectorate teams. Also, possibly because of her years on the streets, she is able to sleep in stressful environments.<ref name="10.1">“Sleep,” he glanced at Bitch, who was trying to do just that, “While the rest of us stand watch.  Or go looking for a candle or flashlight and read somewhere the light won’t show through a window.”<br />[...]<br />
“Yes!” Imp spun on her heel and strode off to the other end of the apartment.  Bitch opened her eyes and furrowed her brow in irritation at Imp’s outcry, or maybe at the recent argument, but she just shut her eyes and made a deliberate attempt at returning to sleep. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/04/24 Excerpt] from [[Parasite 10.1]]</ref><ref name="28.5">Defiant had the cockpit and Miss Militia’s company, and so I was left to hang out in the cabin, with Rachel sleeping beside me, Bastard and Huntress sleeping at her feet.<br /><br />I admired her ability to rest in such stressful situations.  I glanced at Shadow Stalker, who seemed to be filled with nervous energy.  When we’d kidnapped her for Regent to control, Rachel had been able to sleep then, too. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/09/10 Excerpt] from [[Cockroaches 28.5]]</ref> 

Rachel is heterosexual,<ref name="SB1">Bitch is straight. - [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/12847980 Comment on Spacebattles] by Wildbow</ref> and, as an adult, was in a casual sexual relationship with [[Biter]].<ref name="e.4 e1" />

===Relationships===
====[[Taylor Hebert]]====
Rachel tried to hurt Taylor in her first meeting in an attempt to keep an "outsider" from joining the group.<ref>[[Insinuation 2.8]]</ref> Rachel gained respect for Taylor after she retaliated for this assault.<ref name="11ae77" /><ref>“It’s easy,” Rachel said, taking over while I was distracted.  “You hurt people until they stop doing whatever it is that irritated you.  ''Taylor'' kicked me in the head the first time we met, and she was way scrawnier than you are now.  I stopped doing what she hated me doing, setting my dogs on her.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/31 Excerpt] from [[Cockroaches 28.1]]</ref>Taylor made an effort to get along with her that Rachel truly appreciated.

Thus she felt deeply betrayed when Taylor's reasons for joining the Undersiders were revealed. She voted against Taylor rejoining the Undersiders and tried to get her captured though she felt regret over this.<ref name="11ae1" /> They eventually repaired their relationship.

Following the Undersiders [[Coil's Betrayal|falling out]] with their employer and proving that Skitter had not actually betrayed her, for what Rachel thought was the second time, she held Taylor's hand as they went to the hospital to check their injuries. She likely referenced Taylor when she said that she could stand one or two of the Undersiders.<ref name="16.13" />

A notable shift in their relationship occurs when Taylor starts referring to Bitch as Rachel in her inner monologue. Rachel began to trust Taylor explicitly and was shocked at [[Extermination 8.8|both]] of her [[Skitter's Surrender|betrayals]],<ref name="I21.ye2">“Tell me what?” Bitch asked.  She glanced around.  “Where’s Skitter?”<br /><br />Nobody volunteered an answer.<br /><br />“Is she hurt?” Bitch asked.  She didn’t even sound concerned.  When nobody spoke up, she expanded her question.  “Is she ''dead''?”<br /><br />“Fuck it,” Regent said, “I’ll say it.  Skitter’s at the PRT headquarters.”<br /><br />“So?  We break her out.”<br /><br />“She went there on purpose,” Regent said, almost offhandedly.  ''Carelessly''.<br /><br />Parian couldn’t help but notice the way Bitch clenched her hands, one gripping the metal chain until her knuckles went white.<br /><br />“Regent,” Grue said.<br /><br />“What?  You don’t want to deliver the news, you don’t get a say in how it’s presented,” Regent retorted<br /><br />Bentley and the wolf cub both planted their feet further apart, while the pitbull was looking around, all of a sudden.<br /><br />''There''.  Bentley’s shoulders were bulging slightly.  Bitch was using her powers.<br /><br />“''So''?” Bitch asked. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/interlude-21/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 21.y]]</ref> not believing them to have happened.

In the end, they were close friends. After Taylor's disappearance after Gold Morning, Bitch constructed a private memorial to her on Earth Gimel.<ref name="e.4 e5">“A memorial?” Vista asked, laying a hand against the largest stone.<br /><br />“Yeah.”<br /><br />“Can I ask who for?  Or is that a dumb question?”<br /><br />“Dumb question,” Rachel said.  She leaned back, resting her head against the stone behind her.  When Vista didn’t respond, Rachel relented.  She pointed at where the two trees rested against one another by the cliff face.  “When the weather was warm, there was a bee’s nest there.  The buzzing doesn’t bother me as much as you’d think.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/11/12 Excerpt] from [[Teneral e.4]]</ref>

====[[Lisa Wilbourn]]====
Though Lisa can get along with Rachel, it is Taylor that makes the connection that Rachel's power has fundamentally changed her mindset.

Tattletale acted as an interpreter for Bitch before and after Taylor's time with the Undersiders, and made sure Bitch's group had everything it needed when it moved to Gimel.

====[[Brian Laborn]]====
Rachel respected Brian as a person and as the leader of the Undersiders,<ref name="11ae77" /> but she did not have much connection with him, simply following his orders.

====[[Biter]]====
She was happy that he didn't make their sexual relationship "more than it should be."<ref name="e.4 e1">“Damn, ''civilization''!”  Biter commented.<br><br>“You think we can get any fast food here?”  Cassie asked.  “A burger, pizza, um…”<br><br>“Fried chicken,” Biter said.  “Hell, I’d go for just ''french fries''."<br>[...]<br>She was losing Biter.  This wasn’t the life for him.  He was loyal, he wasn’t dumb, and he wasn’t a bad lay, if she was in the mood for that.  Didn’t, unlike some, make it more than it should be.  He took it in stride. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/11/12 Excerpt] from [[Teneral e.4]]</ref>
====[[Missy Biron]]====
Rachel and Missy struck up a friendship after Gold Morning.{{Ref||Teneral e.4}}

Two years later they continued to be friends. 

They understand each other as only good friends can.{{Ref||Last 20.end}}
====[[Kenzie Martin]]====
Her relationship to Kenzie is a study for how Rachel has matured since her years in Brockton bay. While originally furious that kenzie 'stole' a puppy,{{Ref|At the edge of the clearing, looking a little more hostile than friendly, a snarling dog-mask flipped down to cover her face, Rachel stood with one wolf and one dog at high alert to either side of her.  Yips hung further back.<br/><br/>“Rachel,” I called out.<br/><br/>She indicated Kenzie.  “My business is with her.”<br/><br/>“What happened?”<br/><br/>“She knows what she did,” Rachel growled.<br/><br/>“Um!” Kenzie started.  “Uh, sorry?  I-”<br/><br/>“Hand him over.”<br/>[...]<br/>He put his gun away, moving with care, and then reached down to retrieve ‘him’.<br/><br/>Kenzie had had a puppy zipped up into her jacket, camouflaged with her projector tech.<br/>[...]<br/>Rachel looked at each and every one of us, as if we’d perpetrated the crime in question, and didn’t so much as look at or respond to Kenzie.<br/><br/>“-so I didn’t even realize it was a problem, I’m sorry, I am, I was distracted-”<br/><br/>Rachel stormed away, snapping her fingers for her dogs to follow.<br/>[...]<br/>I adjusted my grip on her.  Looking a little nervous, phantom hands gripping her by the waist and hips, she pulled on the jacket.<br/><br/>“Kenzie took a puppy,” I explained.<br/><br/>“Fuck.  Okay. [...] Might be fixable,” Tattletale amended her statement.|#Radiation 18.8}} she was able to forgive the girl a short time later with only one near death-experience precipitating this change.{{Ref|“You can come again sometime,” Rachel said, her eyes on the growing fire.  “When the kids aren’t there.  They’re a pain sometimes. Especially ''yours''.”<br/><br/>She’d looked at Victoria as she said it.<br/><br/>“Mine?  Kenzie?”<br/><br/>“She yaps.  ''Constantly''.”<br/><br/>“I didn’t think she was invited back.”<br/><br/>Rachel sighed, heavily, grabbing wood by the points the fire hadn’t reached and rearranging it.<br/><br/>Missy glanced at Victoria, behind Rachel’s back.  Victoria at least seemed to sense it wasn’t a good idea to push further.  Missy avoided asking for clarification.  She’d heard parts of it.<br/><br/>“You can’t separate them.”  Rachel’s tone was morose.  “I won’t leave her unsupervised.”<br/><br/>“She’ll be ecstatic,” Victoria said.<br/><br/>“She’ll be ''good'', or else.”<br/><br/>“It’ll be good for her.  It’s been a rough couple of months,” Victoria said.<br/><br/>“Mm.”|#20.end (Epilogue; Vista)}}

===Reputation===
Was a recognized threat by the authorities.<ref name="I15">“You’re making it sound more complicated than it is,” Assault said. “I’m talking a quick, hard hitting strike against one of their territories.  One of the master-classifications would be a good bet.  I’d suggest Regent, but Shatterbird is too big a complication.  Better to take out Hellhound or Skitter.  Doing either would cut their tactical options down by a third, and it could gain us a hostage to leverage against the others.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/11/20/interlude-15/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 15]]</ref> Her habit of attacking dog fighting rings and those who came into her territory made people conclude she was a menace.

This attitude persisted well past Gold Morning,<ref>Article: '''“Rended”, “Torn Up”, “Dismembered”''' & '''Forum Thread'''<br />Written after Miss Militia and Vista, heroines under the Wardens, were seen on several occasions in the company of Hellhound, also known as Bitch or Rachel Lindt.  Raises questions about the moral compromise the amnesty has wrought and the longstanding allegations that the Protectorate team in Brockton Bay was cooperating with the local villains.  Once the relationship is established and we’re reminded of the past examples, the article devotes the latter half to reminding us of some of Rachel Lindt’s deeds when she was working with a group of warlords to seize Brockton Bay.<br /><br />“Every day, I wake up and I try to move my leg.  The wind gets knocked out of me when it doesn’t move like it should.  If I’m active at all during the day, then the pain hits me in the evening.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2017/10/26/ Excerpt] from [[Glow-worm P.3]]</ref> even with the [[Amnesty]].