Ruvian did not come here under the illusion of safety. From the very beginning, he had understood the magnitude of the risk. His approach of coming to Ashway Bazaar was not a reckless venture born of arrogance.
No, he already prepared as much as he could — improving his strength, thinking about their limits, and judging how much danger their team could handle. Every variable he could perceive had been accounted for. Every foreseeable threat had been weighed and assigned its place within his expectations.
By reason alone, his planning should have sufficed.
But a plan, no matter how carefully crafted, is still born from what is known… and it is the unknown that so often decides the outcome. Small mistakes, hidden dangers, unknown factors — these things can slowly break even a good plan.
True judgment is not believing a plan will succeed, but recognizing the possibility that it may not.
Ruvian understood this very well.
Painfully well…
