[Ok but listen: Shepherd being the Batman of the 141. He has a plan in place to take down every last member of that task force in the event they start to pick up on his plot or try to act out of line. He can cut these people down to nothing, ruin them if not outright kill them. He’s probably brainstormed with Rose to figure out what would hurt each team member the most, what would most effectively distract them from what they’re getting too close to.
And then I realize he’s not monstrous to use Julia’s ultimate fear against her. For all Shepherd is, he does have some standards. He’ll save such barbaric actions for men like Makarov who are already animals. No, he’ll let Julia be the agent of her own ruin.
She’s the one who so pushed for Yuri to be in Western custody. She delivered the one person whose loss would destroy her right into Shepherd’s hands. He can yank her chain quite hard if she ever starts getting clever or being a hazard, and then drive home that this is all her fault on some level.]
