Editing Scapegoat (section)

===Post-[[Slaughterhouse Nine]]===
During the [[Battle against Echidna|Echidna Incident]] he was paid off by [[Tattletale]] to heal the damage done to [[Skitter]] without informing him of the extent of the latter's injuries. He was reduced to a blind coughing wreck after absorbing her injuries.<ref name="19.2">[[Scourge 19.2]]</ref>

He was later able to transfer these injuries to an Echidna clone.<ref name="19.5 e1"/> Overall he acquitted himself well in the fight against Echidna, vastly reducing fatalities and casualties among the defending capes, such as [[Clockblocker]].<ref name="19.6">[[Scourge 19.6]]</ref><ref name="19.3">[[Scourge 19.3]]</ref>

He was nowhere to be seen at [[New Delhi]],<ref name="24.x">San Diego, absent.  They’d lost too many members, abandoned by those who’d lost faith in the Protectorate, with the remnants cannibalized to support other teams in need.  San Diego was more or less stable, so there’d been little pressure to resupply them with new members.<br/><br/>Except that Spire, San Diego’s team leader, hadn’t felt confident walking into the fight.  There’d been the human element, the fears, the concerns.  He’d had cold feet at the last second, decided not to come.  An integral part of their defense, gone, forcing them to adapt. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/06/22/interlude-24/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 24.x]]</ref> possibly because of his young age.<ref>'''XV''' Question: What does the PRT/Protectorate do with capes that are too young to join the Wards, such as the five-year-old third-gen cape mentioned in Piggot's interlude? Is there a daycare program?<br/><br/>'''Wildbow''' No daycare. Gradually more involvement over time, trying to make it feel like family/home. Come after school, meet the heroes. Let's do some fun training! Let's do a costume and do a photoshoot, how cool is that?<br/>[...]<br/>'''Doc_PRT''' "Oh hey how do you feel about fighting S-Class threats. You can do that now!"<br/><br/>'''Wildbow''' (Generally discouraged, but kid heroes will want to protect their hometown. Brockton Bay Wards are hardcore) - [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/44301909/ Conversation on discord], archived on spacebattles.</ref>