"Wait, why is anyone acting as bait?" Ramon asked in concern.
"Tihn believes - Ayana began but was cut off by the Agent himself.
"It will be lurking nearby because it will be hungry. When it smells the energy of a newly deceased spirit, it'll be like offering a starving man an all-you-can-eat buffet. When it comes for her, Miss Ayana and I will dispense with it."
Ramon cast Ayana an uncertain look. Obviously unhappy, Ayana just shrugged.
"No one has explained this stuff to me yet, by the way," Mifa said, changing the topic as she fingered the net until Tihn pulled it out of her grasp. "I get that the dagger is to chum the water, so to speak. But what about the net and spear? Apart from some strange secret desire to look like King Triton, I don't get it."
"You wouldn't," Agent Tihn said. He sniffed dismissively before turning back to his work.
"I didn't think weapons worked, anyway."