[ Well, that's... a lot more sensible an answer than she was expecting and it takes her aback for a brief moment wherein there's nothing but silence, then: ]

There was no warning. If there had been anything, anything at all, it would've been stopped.

[ Unless the Darkness was something like that thing, but even then --

She clears her throat with that thought. ]

You sure that tyrant of yours didn't just suffer from an over-inflated ego? They tend to do that.