Khan and Liiza weren't omniscient, but their perception was monstrous nonetheless.
Aynor was famous for its luxurious healthcare services, but there was a different reason behind the Scarlet Eyes' attack in that specific location.
The city had merely been the second, nearest target, a casualty of war. The black cloud's true goal had been the secret lab or warehouse that had most likely stored Nak's remains.
The existence of that secret location often implied the presence of a proper underground network branching from it. Those structures didn't even need to be attached to one another. They could simply exist in the same quadrant, splitting their functions to lower the chances of being spotted.
That wasn't always the case, but Aynor's quadrant followed that rule. Except, a distant set of eyes, or scanners, had fallen on Khan mid-battle, hinting at something he had waited years to address.
