It might be, but another way of looking at it might be one of setting up the psyche to see how far one can fall before doing something dangerous and completely out of range and abilities. She has fallen to a point so low from where she was in the beginning and Harry just pushed her down even further by telling her to stay put. Yes it's to defend the people of Chicago while Harry goes to defend the city of Chicago, but it's not where she thinks she should be.
Jim has either set her up to find her new click and return in the future with new friends to help in the BAT, or he is setting her up to go in a blaze of glory and gore. Which would be perfect for MM, a story about how much his decisions changed the world, for good and bad.
And no, no power ups for Murphy. Last I heard, Jim said no power ups for her unless it's a bigger gun. So no return as an avenging angel or a new hire for Monoc security. It would cheapen her character.
I have to amend my comment about Murphy becoming a part of Monoc securities. She actually could and probably will, but not the way fans think and what some of us think was foreshadowed.
I remember a time when people went crazy with the idea of her becoming a Valkyrie. Jim then said no powerups for her. If she needs a powerup, she gets a bigger gun.
Yeah, just think about it. She's been training with the warriors up until she got hurt, she's been referred to as a warrior before but Lara's new security consultant called her one but it felt like there was some weight behind it, and the Valkyrie knows when she's slated to die.
Each thing individually means nothing, but putting them together...
I wonder if Murphy dies earlier in the book, Harry doesn't know about it, suddenly Murphy is back with her motorcycle and rocket launcher and we are left to wonder how. All the while she took the offer to be one of the Viking warriors. Thus not getting a powerup, but putting her in a statis to help with an army come the BAT, all while pushing her away from Harry like Jim has been doing to all of Harry's allies.
It would work with what we saw in the trailer with Murphy and would kinda make sense to why Jim gave Harry his WCourt protection back so quickly after they started dating.