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I'm kinda leaning towards the second option. The pulse had been around and experimented on multiple times since Robert lost it, with very loud and explosive consequences no less. I find it very unlikely for Shroud to miss out on the first time that happened, let alone the several that followed. The smoke in Royd's lab, being the same color as the one from the grenade he used to take Vizi out, is also very on suspicious. Basically means he has access to Royd's lab and could be responsible for the proto pulse misfiring the way it does. The free-for-all at the docks too feels like a setup. Reminder that if you fail the hacking minigame on the safe, the door opens anyway. Door opens, and ALL the fighting outside stops and everyone is down for the count, with him just waiting there to fuck Vizi over. He's basically running circles around these guys. I'm really curious to see what they do to him with these last episodes.