Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-11188061-20141008045121/@comment-24198837-20150307213158

Not sure about Merc, but I've believed for a while that Emme has that potential.

I mean, when she figures out that Cinder will never return any of her affection, she may leave. Current Andrew-theory is that she thinks she owes Cinder some debt (Roman called her a street rat, maybe she was an orphan, and Cinder took her in?), and may have feelings for her (scratch that, certianly has feelings for her - whether those are romantic or the older sibling/parent type is yet to be seen), so she doesn't want to leave. She doesn't have loyalty to the cause, she has loyalty to Cinder.

My current theory/prediction is also that Cinder will break her heart sometime in the future - be it a totally cruel and cold rejection (assuming Emme is romantically interested) or doing something a loving sibling/parent would never do (As in, telling Emme to sacrifice herself for the cause, showing no care for her life), causing her to defect.

In other words, I'm banking on Emme having total faith in Cinder and Cinder ruining that, causing Emme to leave. Where Merc fits into this, I don't know.