“Because…” Sarah said. “That would be even stupider. And don’t pull on the rope.” She waited until James stopped twitching to go on. “Think about it for a second—if I did that, their play would be to shoot us right away. Both sides are evenly matched, or close. We’d have sided with the chromatics, but if we’re dead, then they get their goal before the chromatics can react. Simple game theory.”