"Yeah," says Tim darkly. "The problem there is that, even if she doesn't really make them, she still has them in her power. She still has them at each other's throats."

She made them dependent on her, just like the Red Queen said. She's using them, drawn them under her thrall, cultivated them into an army. And because she's in a position of authority, because she can Unmake them, she can do whatever she likes and restrain them however she wants.

It's sick.