When Eleanor found Aske, he was watching Medea and Thira play international chess.
"Not right?" Medea wondered, "How could I, who can read minds, be checkmated by you?"
"Chess relies on brainpower, not mind reading," Thira said, playing with a chess piece. "Even if you can predict my next few moves, you don't know how to play in a way that affects the overall game dozens of steps later."
"Are you saying my brainpower is inferior to yours?" Medea scoffed.
"I didn't say that," Thira calmly replied. "But Medea, do you rely too heavily on your ability? Thinking is the most precious asset of humanity."
"Squad Leader!" Eleanor ran up to Aske, recounted her father's concerns, and then asked,
"So what do you think? Could the Wolf Family be colluding with the Hussite sect within the Duchy?"
"I don't know about that," Aske said.
"You don't know something?" Eleanor was shocked.
