As they walked, Visla's thoughts finally bubbled down to one question.
'Why?'
Why would someone on either or neither side do something like this to both a town of the Empire and a barbarian camp?
The following day, before they started moving, Visla opened her mouth and asked Zach that question. She didn't think he had an answer. That wasn't why she was asking. She just wanted to question the world.
"To stir up chaos probably."
However, contrary to what Visla had expected, Zach had an answer.
"Do you remember how you first reacted when you saw the camp?"
Zach's rhetorical question was enough for Visla to understand.
Visla was actively working with Zach, a member of the longest-standing enemy of the Sesha, to try to establish peace between the two sides. Yet, when she came upon the scene of the burned camp, she had been about to throw that away due to momentary rage.
But what if she hadn't been trying to achieve peace? What if she hadn't been working with Zach?
