Maia's words resounded in the hearts of her children, helping draw them out of the pit they had found themselves in after the loss they had suffered in the first attack. After their religious head and queen had been heavily injured, it was hard for anyone to muster up enough support to continue the fight. This lead to a mass retreat which allowed for things to develop like that had to this point; the previously breached manor had beaten back their attackers and had once again hidden within their turtle shell.
Despite this, not one of them thought it would be easy, especially Maia. She had not taken the first attack as seriously as she should have which lead to the losses they experienced and she blamed herself for that. She had never considered that some of her people would actually try to kill her, even if they had betrayed her. After all, the incident with the Infernal Beetles wasn't exactly a serious threat and Maia had just thought it was them acting out.
