Dale looked back at her earnest face. All of a sudden, pieces were beginning to fall into place. If they hadn’t meant to bring him or Kate here, it made a lot more sense why they were so ill-prepared to deal with them. Something must have gone terribly wrong, and they were trying to rectify their mistake as quickly as they could. They must have meant for the meetings to go on for a long while, slowly exploring each other’s culture and language; to have it all blow up in their faces this quickly had sent everyone chasing their own tails.