One could say that at this moment, things had spiraled into a terrible state. For Old Hawke, he had completely forgotten exactly what kind of entity he was confronting.
People often forget many things over time.
Time has a way of healing people's inner wounds related to problems.
Yet, it can also numb people's perception of these problems.
If a person no longer possesses a clear and rational judgment of a situation.
Then they vastly risk the chance of making a mistake they absolutely should not and cannot afford to make.
For Old Hawke, he had never anticipated encountering such a situation.
When faced with this situation, he seemingly lacks sufficient capability to solve the problem.
This is an issue that everyone must be vigilant about and genuinely confront.
On the surface, what's happening doesn't seem a big deal.
Everyone could clearly discern roughly what the current situation entails.
Yet, when facing such a basic idea and judgment of the problem.