Kaito watched on the Scry-Shard feed as Captain Crane and his small squad slammed into the flank of the attacking force near the village entrance.
The timing was... unexpected.
They weren't supposed to be here, certainly not charging directly into the fray instead of coming to Stonecrest Hold. Perhaps, Kaito mused coolly, those are the escort intended for his protection. Their intervention wasn't planned. He frowned slightly.
"Is this my fault?"
"Did my summons draw them here, only for them to arrive late and find this chaos?"
"Or... is this Captain Crane acting on his own initiative?"
The Captain's decisive, almost reckless charge seemed out of place for a simple escort mission.
"Interesting."
"Captain Crane... who are you?"