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fleeting-glimpse t1_j1y0m2h wrote

It's been a while, but I had thought he arranged the second family as a contingency because he(the dad) was known to authorities.

Also it becomes clear that the daughter develops powers shortly before the family transfer, and the dad only learned a couple days before. So he doesn't really have a baseline to know how not ready she is by the time he's sure his cover is blown.

I think it's pretty clear it would have worked if she didn't have powers, which was the case right up until the time. And it's not clear how certain it is she would develop powers at all, or what the odds of it being something relatively benign, so it could have been a very reasonable plan for what was essentially a shoot on sight fugitive to arrange.

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ExceedsTheCharacterL OP t1_j22yqch wrote

It definitely seemed to me that he was expecting her to have powers. If he didn’t at least consider the possibility, that’s pretty dumb.

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fleeting-glimpse t1_j238mcs wrote

Yes, he was expecting her to have powers. That is clear from the warnings about bleeding from the eyes, and her hiding that from him. The father he arranged to 'adopt' his daughter also knew that it was a possibility and that it would still be ok. The neighbor even tried to convince his terrified family still to take her.

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The problem is how powerful and violating the astral-projection/mind-control are. We, the viewers, just don't know how prevalent powers are or how often they can be almost completely benign (ability to talk to squirrels). Invisibility/temporal field/flying+shockwaves+strength are the other powers shown and they are counterable (we see each of them defeated) and don't violate a person's autonomy. Her powers are just beyond what everyone was expecting.

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