That is true. Beatrice thinks the gibberish magic circles might point to something, but it's still not really evidence, just me wanting to be wrong.

[by all means beef up that double protection]

I dunno, maybe because archetypal Hope is dead so it's harder to come by around here? Also everyone's on edge after the whole Tower thing, which given the Arcana's last idea of a good punishment I can't really blame people for. Other than the attack squad, anyway.

If someone jumps on you for acknowledging the fact that they do still send us to new places, they're being even dumber than usual. And hell, if I'm wrong, I'll count that as a good thing. Considering how much we fucked up Newport last time we were there, though, I figure it's worth being a little paranoid about.