[ Oh, she does trust him and actually listen to him when it comes to these matters, really - he's proven himself useful in situations with these Rulers before, after all, so she trusts him on that topic. It's why she's considering what he's saying instead of just dismissing it. ]

It depends on how this was caused. After all, they didn't tell us if this was some sort of punishment for them doing something wrong or whether it was done without reason, just like something inevitable or even for the Rulers' entertainment. [ ... ] As long as we don't know that, we don't know when this kind of thing could happen to us either.