Kira arrived at the healing chamber shortly after Logan and Elena's devastating realization, carrying additional documents she had been examining throughout the previous night.
"I believe we need to reconsider that night's events entirely," she said, settling beside them with careful, focused urgency. "I spent hours reviewing everything we know about Cassius's original rescue, Logan, searching for details we may have previously overlooked."
"What did you find?" Logan asked.
"Think carefully about the two dead guards you discovered that night," Kira said slowly. "We have always assumed simple, random forest violence, perhaps bandits or opportunistic raiders encountering Cassius's small party by unfortunate coincidence."
"That remains our understanding," Elena confirmed.
"But consider t
