: You inferred that from the "We have contacted S'bboath" line? I
: assumed that just meant they sent a message or signal to s'bbuth or
: something; I never thought S'bbuth said anything back, but I guess that's
: plausible with FTL communication. I thought Thoth had awareness of the
: W'rk even since he was reactivated in M2 and that was partly why he tried
: to help the pfhor side in the end to escape 'for the balance' or whatever:
: to prevent them from from desperately firing the Trih Xeem that would
: disrupt the balance of the universe. The end terminal in Aye Mak Sicur
: shows even the Thoth side is surprised that they found nothing in the
: Lh'owon star, so he doesn't fully understand what the thing is or if it's
: even real (when talking about a being of chaos, what constitutes reality?)
The line is something about "the creature or creatures S'Bhuth fears are not here." (I know I mangled it, but hey)
So Durandal/Thoth are like "they said there's a creature, but I don't see a creature." It's a bit anticlimactic, and out of character; they certainly seem concerned about it when they reach back through time to speak to you in your dreams.