Catherine's worries were not unfounded; although various records showed that Warrensen was a kind person, always smiling whether he faced friends or enemies, and was rarely heard to commit any malevolent acts, the more someone in a high position behaved in this manner, the more necessary it became to remain vigilant. Moreover, his sudden, hurried arrival from his own territory without any warning was puzzling, and coupled with some previous inferences, concluding that he was somehow related to the final plan involving the Sands of Time was not odd at all.
With this mindset, although the girls were young, each one possessed a keen judgment of human nature, and from the old mage's seemingly attentive and benevolent demeanor, they sensed a deep-seated hostility that was well concealed.
