On the way back to the cathedral, Agatha had weighty matters on her mind.
Having confirmed the correctness of the "second waterway" as a direction for exploration was, for her, tentatively good news. However, the identity of that mysterious entity remained shrouded in enigma, leaving her restless—of course, one could be sure that the entity's attitude towards Frost City-State was friendly. But as the guardian leader of this city-state, she had to look at things from a long-term perspective.
Any superior Transcendent being's gaze upon the mortal world is not without reason. In a sense, their "gaze" in itself is a disruption with substantial influence. How long more would that mysterious "Visitor" watch over this place? Would his prolonged stay here cast a long-term impact on Frost? Would the people living in the city-state change under this influence? Did the entity itself understand the impact? Or did it simply... not care?
