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Could the target be working with a Hidden Elements user?
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It's a very real possibility. Should be obvious by now, but working with one isn't something that's off limits.
*As we walk into an intersection in the road, not far to the right we can see a small group of people dressed like the guy before in a scuffle with what looks to be humanoid robots, trading blows both at range and in hand to hand combat*