Why isn't Sator 2 (inverted Sator) wearing an oxygen mask when he goes back to his yacht in Vietnam for his final moment?

Why isn't Sator 2 (inverted Sator) wearing an oxygen mask when he goes back to his yacht in Vietnam for his final moment? - Woman in Gray Knit Cap and Beige Coat

Sator 2/inverted Sator/~ Sator returns to the yacht in Vietnam for his final moments. Why is he not wearing a mask?



Best Answer

Because he is inverted forward there again. Same as Kat.

In Tenet, inverted characters have to breathe their own oxygen while traveling to the past. When, in the past, they find a turnstile and invert forward again, they can breathe normal oxygen again.




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Why is Kat not wearing mask in yacht?

The reason Kat wasn't wearing a mask was simply that she was no longer inverted. Once they had gone back to the appropriate point in time, Neil brought her through the turnstile, which allowed them to progress forward in time again and not require a mask.

Is Kat inverted when she was shot?

Kat and the protagonist are both captured by Sator's men and sent back to the warehouse. Kat is given an oxygen mask and led into a blue room and shot by an inverted bullet by inverted Sator.

Was Neil inverted the whole time?

The Protagonist is part of the Red Team, who will be performing the operation through the normal direction of time while Neil is part of the Blue Team, which observed the operation from afar and then were inverted, traveling backward in time, knowing what they need to do to be victorious.

How could Kat breathe in Tenet?

We know that Kat isn't inverted due to her not wearing a mask since it's explained that in Tenet's universe, you must wear an oxygen mask if you invert yourself so that you can still breathe. Remember that everything around an inverted person becomes reversed including oxygen.



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