[The idea of another faction springing up is a troubling one. Not so much just on the surface, but things are contentious enough with two sides vying for a singular power to fuel two very opposing goals. Maybe it would provide the opportunity for more than just outright strife between the existing forces, but… there’s really no way to guarantee it. Especially when, as Set concludes, it’s hard to know what their plans are without knowing what they want in the first place.]

I doubt they’d be sloppy enough to leave anything too revealing behind in that lab of theirs after seeming to willingly give it up, but I can’t help but wonder if there’s anything to find in there that might give us an idea of it.

[At least it’s a place to start from, even if it might not be a very fruitful search. But whatever is motivating Aetós to dig into this sort of work, it’s gotta be something big.]

Otherwise, we’re stuck sniffing out any hints to where they’ve gone with no idea of what they’re really after.

[Which would be the case regardless, but it just feels all the worse to come out of this with even more questions to replace the incredibly few answers they might have gained.]