human
Subaru:  "Weren’t you the one to guess what the fingers were to the Witch Cult to begin with, Subawu?”
gpt
Subaru:  “…Ah!” After all that, Subaru finally clued into what the three of them were saying.
human
Subaru:  Subaru knew of several cases where Petelgeuse had referred to his subordinates as fingers, but he’d had to guess heavily as to the details. In point of fact, Subaru had thought that the term fingers was what Petelgeuse used to refer to groups under his command.
gpt
Subaru:  But what if, instead, fingers was the name borne by several special cultists, and the same authority as Petelgeuse’s resided in each of them?
human
Subaru:  “So that’s saying that Petelgeuse was just one Sloth counted by the number of fingers?”
gpt
Ricardo:  “If there are a maximum of ten, and each base has a single Sloth assigned to it, that might explain why we have been lucky enough not to give them an opportunity to strike back so far. That is being optimistic, however.”
human
Subaru:  “So that means three bases left, and three fingers to go…so we should assume there are three more of ’em.”
gpt
Subaru:  One should hypothesize the worst case in any situation. Subaru had paid the heavy tuition fee for that lesson many times over. And given the worst-case possibility they could hypothesize at present—
human
Subaru:  “—As soon as possible, I want to begin evacuating the mansion and the people in the village.”
gpt
Julius:  “…To be honest, I was thinking that if you did not propose it, I would myself.” Julius agreed, closing one eye.
human
Julius:  “Now that we are uncertain of having eliminated the menace of Sloth, our greatest concern should be for their future objective—to do harm to Lady Emilia and the villagers, I imagine.”
gpt
Ricardo:  “There’s less than half of ’em left now, so we should assume they’re onto us bein’ after ’em. That bein’ the case, the biggest fear is ’em tryin’ to take folks down with ’em.”
human
Subaru:  With Julius and Ricardo in agreement, Subaru nodded, too, his worry evident in the creases of his brow.
gpt
Subaru:  There was no mistaking that the Witch Cult was aware of the expeditionary force. The earlier raid had established that well enough.
human
Subaru:  “The second Sloth was waiting for us. They noticed us at some point. It’s fine for us to be exposed at this point, but it’s bad if our objective is exposed.”
gpt
Subaru:  On a combat level, it hurt to lose any advantage, but the expeditionary force’s biggest issue was accomplishing its goal of rescuing Emilia and the others.
human
Subaru:  The Witch Cult ought not to have known just yet why Subaru & Co. had entered the Mathers lands. If the Cult knew that both sides were after the mansion and village, both were certain to become battlefields.
gpt
Subaru:  “Right now, the Witch Cult hasn’t noticed that the plain is wide open yet.