Oh yeah, Sniper is baited. Sniper's original assessment that this kid was about to do something stupid was still feeling pretty accurate. But why drag someone else into it? And Why Sniper, specifically? Sniper was well aware of how people saw them in this world—Vulnerable, easy to take advantage of. It had been easy to fall back into the 'old' (it'd only been a few months since everything went to hell after all) patterns of being a harmless doll. Nobody doubted it.

How did that play into the kid's scheme?

"It doesn't sound like you want to gamble." They couch their voice so it sounds equal parts wary and curious.