ok but like

we know that cecil and kevin's conversations in triptych affected the past before it happened, right?

cause like this conversation, even though technically happening after the events in cecil's (and our) timeline, actually affected the stuff that happened then. hence why kevin sent daniel because cecil accidentally told him about the rebellion, and when those events happened some episodes ago, daniel was there, because the future affects the past.

so like

hear me out

what if the reason kevin's rebellion against strex failed was because he let his guard down because cecil lies and told him that no matter what happens, he'd win, so he got too comfortable