tribulations

Neither Jahve nor Eneas discussed their encounter with Lion with anyone, although for very different reasons. Jahve had analyzed the words of the man from the future many times, and within all the rigmarole of the lines of destiny, there were many dark areas.

Unlike other times, he was not more specific; he did not advise or warn them about anything. That was strange; it was as if he could not really risk "forcing" the story much further. Then there were other factors that, as an old man of more than a hundred years knew well, people gave their best when they felt imminent danger, when they were going to heroic resistance, but if they really knew they could win, they would relax.