Realistic is way more comforting than sugar coating. That's what I think too. We've got no guarantees about any of this, and no real evidence of how far we can trust this Witch.

Yeah, that's the trick. We weren't ready for what happened in El Minha. It took us too long to react, in the end. And it wasn't a cohesive reaction. We're going to need to do better if something worse or more dangerous comes along.