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It's very possible this is what happened and it was all a Simurgh plan. But there is no evidence for that, while there is a reasonable bit of evidence (albeit inconclusive) for Eidolon being responsible. Given the lack of a conclusive in-story answer, either interpretation is valid for fanfic; however, it's not wrong to point to the theory with the most in-universe evidence and say "this is what we think happened".I'm not blaming anything on Simurgh. I'm just pointing out that a entity that bases it's entire strategy and behavior patterns on complex multistep plans aided by precog may actually be capable of basic subterfuge. Going dormant gave her access to Taylor, Lisa, and lots of tinkers who weren't trying to kill her at the time. There are all kinds of goals those things could be useful for (like say cloning Eidolon). Hell even if (which I still consider very likely but not proven) Eidolon created and controlled them it is likely the decision to suddenly change their behavior in such an obvious manner was part of a scheme to bring him back because suddenly showing themselves in public doesn't really match "going dormant" staying where they are and not doing anything would make more sense. They were clearly drawing attention to the fact something had changed to get access to parahumans to manipulate.