The Chaots were mindless, or so the Thalassicians supposed, but her conviction that they followed the soldiers, directed by a reason, contradicted any prior beliefs. The Chaots were led. They withheld the attack until the opportune moment, and Nyx believed that the strike coming when she was absent from the group was not a fluke. Then they withdrew after Dio was infected: this did not sound like an unrestrained frenzy, leaving her to wonder if the Pathfinder was behind it, wondering if his pack of Chaots was still near. Also if the soldiers were wrong about this aspect of Chaot behavior, what
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