User blog comment:ZeroPath/Theories/@comment-4504370-20130914021122/@comment-4463099-20130914022916

That's the thing, he's not thinking three steps ahead. He's focusing on observing the force he's unleashed and calculating how it would fit into his final plan. He's not thinking three steps ahead, he's thinking twenty. And he doesn't need backup plans because these are just test runs, the real thing won't come until he's certain there's no way to lose.