The children also played the darker game of figuring out how to kill each other. Even then they knew that if one of them went bad, the other specials would be the only ones with the power, knowledge, and responsibility to stop him. Poet notes that Peter Dawson and Joey Drake had limited abilities and did not pose a threat to anyone. He suspects that the killer is starting with the Specials who have less ability. He debates the merits of warning the other low-powered Specials against the chance of causing a panic.
Poet turns to the list of possible suspects.
Many of the specials like Sanctuary and Chandra could never escape the spotlight long enough to commit two murders unnoticed. Ravenshadow could do it, but Poet can not imagine Randy being the killer. Poet contemplates the lower-power Specials. They do not attract media attention, and the murders required only special knowledge, not special powers. He wonders if one of them could be the killer.