That is sensible; he can't fault a country for delegating resources. Sarah... the girl who was borrowing Ashelia's name? (This is all terribly complicated. Not that he expected otherwise.) The answer is, nonetheless, disturbing.

"It sounds ironic." There’s a slight shift in his smile, something closer to a smirk. But that is the most he tips his hand on his suspicions for now. "I presume it didn't go as smoothly as Sen Devadatta's opening?"