Editing Witness (section)

==Personality==
Like all of Echidna's creations, Witness wanted to destroy everything her original held dear. She carried a murderous grudge toward Lisa and the rest of the [[Undersiders]], devising graphic tortures for each one of them in her head. She also had omnicidal thoughts, wanting to first destroy the city, then the world, and then "all the worlds."<ref>God, she could imagine it.  Just thinking about it made her adrenaline surge, gave her that thrill that came with facing down any major threat.  Beating the real Tattletale in a game of wits?  It was delicious on so many levels.  To know how it would nettle the girl, even break her, depending on the degree of the win, while she could simultaneously enjoy the victory?<br><br>She’d make the real Tattletale suffer for her stupidity, her hypocrisy, she’d pluck out the girl’s eyes and puncture her eardrums, bite off her fingers before amputating her arms and legs.  She’d leave the girl numb to the world, struggling, striving to take in information, slowly going mad.<br><br>And when she was done with her alter-ego, she could go after the other Undersiders.  Slowly, surely, systematically break them.  Then she could destroy this fucking depressing city.  The world.  All the worlds. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MznMFv4_PT1ApGgCf6B2E6CD8lNWTvERisWXUJ45c9w/edit Excerpt] from the [[Missing Interlude]]</ref>

She was one of the clones that retained some loyalty to her creator. Seeing Echidna as likely to cause more destruction than the clones could on their own, she allowed Echidna to be teleported out by an [[Abhorror]], sacrificing her only way out.<ref>She couldn’t quite explain why.  It just… it made a kind of sense.  Do the most damage possible.  Maybe if they left Echidna behind, they could get away, find another way to get at the others.<br><br>[...]<br><br>Except there was no guarantee they’d get away.  Too many forces arrayed against them.  Echidna had more offensive potential, Echidna was the horse to bet on.<br><br>She’d settle for letting Echidna do the damage.  Live vicariously through the monster.<br><br>She heard the woman’s voice again, speaking to Echidna. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MznMFv4_PT1ApGgCf6B2E6CD8lNWTvERisWXUJ45c9w/edit Excerpt] from the [[Missing Interlude]]</ref>

Witness was unusually patient for an Echidna clone, willing to restrain herself from hurting people in order to work toward long-term revenge.<ref>“I’m angry,” the Grue-clone said.  “Uneasy.  Like I need to hit things.  Hurt people until my hands are raw.  Gotta get out of here.”<br><br>The Tattletale clone exhaled slowly.  She didn’t quite feel like that.  She felt oddly calm, given the circumstances. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MznMFv4_PT1ApGgCf6B2E6CD8lNWTvERisWXUJ45c9w/edit Excerpt] from the [[Missing Interlude]]</ref> In her interlude, she speculated that this was due to different clones having their personalities altered to fit their roles;<ref>The four humors, she thought.  It wasn’t quite right, an abstraction, but it made sense that they would gravitate towards certain extremes in behavior.  If the Grue was choleric in nature, she was phlegmatic.  He was driven to action, she was patient.<br><br>A step away from their usual natures, and not in a bad way.  It might even make them more effective, for their individual roles. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MznMFv4_PT1ApGgCf6B2E6CD8lNWTvERisWXUJ45c9w/edit Excerpt] from the [[Missing Interlude]]</ref> however, Wildbow later stated that he felt that Witness didn't fit in with the other clones' behavior.<ref name="FAQ">The character wasn’t in line with the setting as laid out.  Her behavior as compared to other clones was patient. - Excerpt from the [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/f-a-q/ Worm FAQ]</ref> Even still, Witness carried a seething hatred toward the world that needed to be regularly kept in check.<ref>She could remember what Shatterbird had said, about striking a critical blow that might echo outward.  To reference that directly would be too risky, but… something to remind herself that she was working towards something, so she could tamp down her bloodlust, bite her tongue at the critical moments. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MznMFv4_PT1ApGgCf6B2E6CD8lNWTvERisWXUJ45c9w/edit Excerpt] from the [[Missing Interlude]]</ref>

She disliked arrogant people, who reminded her of her father.<ref>''Hate arrogant people.  Just like Daddy.  I’ll tear you apart.  Break you, reduce you to a shadow of your former self, a craven animal, lapping the sand and grime from my feet in mere hopes that I’d give you some mercy.'' - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MznMFv4_PT1ApGgCf6B2E6CD8lNWTvERisWXUJ45c9w/edit Excerpt] from the [[Missing Interlude]]</ref> Similar to Tattletale, Witness also resented [[Faultline]].<ref>''Fuck you, Faultline.  Think you’re smarter than me?  You’ll figure me out?'' - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MznMFv4_PT1ApGgCf6B2E6CD8lNWTvERisWXUJ45c9w/edit Excerpt] from the [[Missing Interlude]]</ref>