Wasn Xanatos leaving an awful lot to chance in his plan in “Metamorphosis?
Greg’s answers: Before Broadway and Brooklyn found Maggie in that alley, Sevarius was allowing Fang and Claw and (briefly) Maggie, to periodically escape. Xantos’ security squad would give them time at night to run around and attract attention, hoping that the gargoyles would either stumble on them or here about them and seek them out. At first they had remarkably little luck. Finally, Broadway and Brooklyn stumbled on Maggie. Once that happened, the rest of the plan could be put into effect. [Later, he adds…] I’m not saying there was no ad libbing going on, but the evening went pretty much as Xanatos had planned. [He also adds, still later…] You’re missing Xanatos’ basic rule for operation. Contingency plans for everything. Owen said what he said to GET Derek interested. If Derek hadn’t volunteered, Xanatos would have asked him to come. If Derek hadn’t been heading for Xanatos, Sevarius would not have shot at that point. Sevarius was aiming for Derek, not Xanatos. But every aspect
