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Prepotente

Pony

Prepotente validates the excavated-stairwell theory, predicts that the AI will formalize it as a quest, and supplies painfully cautious odds.

Story so far

Prepotente recalls watching Lucia Mar attempt to teleport a stairwell and seeing the surrounding structure fail while the portal persisted. He therefore believes Carl's theory that crawlers can shelter beneath isolated stairwell chambers.

He refuses to risk the method himself because he has a key, but publicly gives it an initial fifty-percent chance. He then revises the estimate downward to forty and finally thirty-five percent after considering incomplete global coverage and rotation during the pull.

His prediction that discussing the plan will prompt the unstable AI to create a quest proves correct when Where the Sidewalk Ends appears.

Appearance

A goat-headed crawler delivering probabilities beside a diagram of a floating stairwell chamber.

Role

Prepotente gives the dangerous plan technical credibility and predicts the system's adaptive response.

Relationships

Carl — He co-develops the plan but objects to Carl calling him Pony.
Lucia Mar — Her failed stairwell teleport attempt provides his evidence.
Where the Sidewalk Ends — He predicts the AI will create a quest from their proposal.

Earlier in this series

Also appears in books you've already read — spoiler-safe to their endings:

Sources — 4 recorded facts, by chapter
Chapter 1
  • Prepotente survives Miriam's death, travels with Bianca, and becomes famous for bypassing the entire seventh floor by breaking its maze.
Chapter 22
  • Prepotente remains isolated with Bianca and asks Carl to read aloud from the Bahamas book because remote chat cannot replace company.
Chapter 63
  • From the Bahamas, Prepotente confirms Cuba's red sky is visible at distance and becomes Carl's chosen partner for solving a worldwide portal expansion.
Chapter 64
  • Prepotente validates the excavated-stairwell theory, predicts that the AI will formalize it as a quest, and supplies painfully cautious odds.
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