Noelle nodded after Anais, a physical display of agreement with her words. Her eyes slid to Gunnar. "It is possible that they mean to use our combat experience to handle the monsters, enabling them the ability to focus on something they deem more worthy of their attention."

A phase, Anais had said. The more she thought on it, the more Noelle found herself agreeing with her choice of term. "They feign ignorance to the public. I do not trust them. Not wholly."