Editing The Number Man (section)

===Vulnerabilities===
Although Kurt, a non-frontline fighter, could manage quite well in close combat, he preferred to operate from a distance during a warzone. [[Victoria]] speculates that being in the thick of a chaotic warzone would provide his power too many inputs and possibly give him a [[Thinker]] headache.<ref>“You know that she sent one of the boys to us.  We were preparing.  We are not- we ''were'' not frontline fighters.  Kurt could manage quite well, but in a warzone?  We preferred to wait, strike surgically and with great precision, to optimal effect.”<br><br>“I imagine if he had a thinker power, it would be too many inputs.  Thinker headache?”<br><br>Citrine pressed her lips together again.  Displeased.  She almost seemed more bothered by the fact I’d mentioned any kind of weakness than the fact I’d brought up her husband’s de-facto killer.<br>[...]<br>Easier to believe she wanted to protect the Harbinger boys who had the same power and weakness.<br><br>“Sorry,” I said.<br><br>“Because of her message, we rushed where we normally wouldn’t, we trusted her, Kurt went to open the door for me and his body shielded me from the worst of the blast.  The boys came and administered medical care.  She killed him. Is that what you want to hear?” - [[Sundown 17.10]]</ref>

Low visibility can reduce the effectiveness of his power. The [[Harbinger clones]] would not charge into a hail of gunfire if it was late evening.<ref>Swansong gave the answer. "They'd go out the front door, into the hail of gunfire. They'd kill or maim every threat and every potential threat and then torture answers out of the survivors."<br><br>"You oversell us," Harbinger One said. "Not into the hail of gunfire. Not in the late evening when visibility is low."<br><br>"I stand corrected," Swansong said. - [[Heavens 12.2]]</ref> [[Harbinger One]] believed he could not guarantee a hit on [[Cradle]]'s mech with a ranged attack because of too many obstacles and it being too dark (i.e., target moving in a thick forest).<ref>Cradle was moving through the trees with his mech, shaking them.  Slivers of the mech were visible where the trees weren't as thick or where some had been felled a certain distance into the woods.  Couldn't be easy terrain, especially with something as large and weird in shape as the mech.<br><br>"Because he knows we'd shoot him if he led from the front," Foil answered.  "I might be able to hit him.  Shoot through the repulsion field.  But I might miss."<br><br>"I could help," Harbinger One said, sidling in close enough that he was in Foil's personal space.  Damsel stuck out a claw, touching his shoulder and prodding him back.<br><br>"Can you guarantee a hit?" Foil asked.<br><br>"No.  Can't see enough of him, and it's too dark."<br><br> "I have the same problem, so it's not much help." - [[Heavens 12.8]]</ref> 

Space warping can interfere with Kurt's power. For example, [[Cradle]]'s [[Mover]] power messed with the [[Harbinger clones]]' calculations, hindering their combat effectiveness.<ref>A sweep of a fan burned one soldier my mom was fighting, making him drop his assault rifle.  She kicked it backward, in the direction of the Harbingers.<br><br>Cradle's glowing line appeared in the path.  The weapon slid right into it, and was cut in two.<br><br>Whatever calculations the Harbingers were using, Cradle wasn't sitting still long enough for them to apply.  He moved here and there, at one moment approaching Rain with arm held high, chain circling overhead, ready to strike down, the other hand pointed at Rain-<br>[...]<br>Cradle disappeared, appearing behind Rain.  Rain spun around, swinging with a blade of silver, as the chain whipped toward his head.  A dodge.  A Harbinger changed course, to lunge right for Cradle, only to stop when an 'x' of glowing lines appeared between them.  No more slingshot bullets, possibly.  It wasn't the only fence, either.  There were enough that one good stomp from Thud, were he still standing, would bowl people over and make them fall into the lines.  Not all were easy to see.<br>[...]<br>"I can see you, Rain," Cradle intoned.  He moved twice in quick succession, and a gunshot from one of the Harbingers echoed through the area, the bullet ricocheting and hitting a wall.<br><br>Maybe a spot he'd figured Cradle would appear at.<br><br>The Harbinger moved to reload, and a line appeared as he moved the weapon.  He only grazed it, checked the weapon, then threw it aside, like it was no use. - [[Heavens 12.8]]</ref>