Flask got out-smarted. But I don’t think it was by the Topsiders, or not just them. Mallard knows Flask well, and would have accounted for her ulterior motives. I recall he even commented on it before sending them out. He took advantage of her and used HER as a decoy and distraction while he ran the real mission to take out the real threat. Just when it looks like the Topsiders have won, they’ll be foiled and Mallard will appear and say, “Gotcha!”
Flask got out-smarted. But I don’t think it was by the Topsiders, or not just them. Mallard knows Flask well, and would have accounted for her ulterior motives. I recall he even commented on it before sending them out. He took advantage of her and used HER as a decoy and distraction while he ran the real mission to take out the real threat. Just when it looks like the Topsiders have won, they’ll be foiled and Mallard will appear and say, “Gotcha!”