Teres

I dare say Douglass is handing out powers out of supposed obligation instead of narrative necessity. ('Fantasy has magic users, right?')

To be strictly fair, a sizable sounder of adult pigs is able to run off most predators. But yes, they should say that.

'People should have free will, except when they use it to reject what I think best for them!'

Yeah, I hate that too. It's very classist and elitist, and it's a very dangerous attitude to promote. (If God doesn't override people's free will to get them to do what's best for them, what right do we have?)

You know, I think they're using manufactured urgency to convince her she doesn't have time to question them. This is a tactic used by scammers, because someone who's rushing is far less likely to notice the holes in their claims.

Which explains why they haven't been trying to work around Timozel - that might give Faraday time to think!