"What do you mean by that, sensei?" Moirai asked. He seemed to be trying to joke, as he thought Master Gabi threw a senile one, but dropped the act.
"It's exactly as you heard. I saw them coming not long after we arrived here. I saw through many possibilities. This was the only one that didn't involve many of you dying for nothing. Tis why I sent you with Stein and Peregrine to scout around. You and your companion wouldn't be in the tent and the rest of you would have been doing other things. The fewer were in the tent, the better. The tent was their target all along, so it was better their ambush wasn't spread. If I had alerted you all to their attacks, we wouldn't have been so lucky as Garbeasts tend to adapt to the strength of those they are sent to kill from their base strength."
