"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."
Moirai's insides felt like he had a long illness, as he started to feel numb. He struggled to accept what his master had just told him, how he even knew all these, and even wondered whether his age was now catching up to him.
"What did you say? How did you know all these?" Moirai asked pensively, still shaking on his feet.
