Elder Kelyne Black watched every single twitch and change to Theron's expression—from the moment he received the two sketches from Ray and Supra, to the moment he picked up the extra 1,000 puppets without hardly lifting a single finger.
'He knew.'
She was sure of it. It wasn't too obvious, especially since Theron hadn't spoken his thoughts directly, but she trusted her gut instinct. There was simply no way he hadn't.
His mannerisms had completely changed the moment he saw the maps, as he had to have deduced something. Then he decisively chose a direction and acted on it.
From his actions, one would have thought that someone from the outside world had contacted him, informing him of what was happening. But this time, Elder Kelyne Black was putting in all her effort to ensure that couldn't happen.