Shedding Fragility

Emperor Rael steepled his fingers as he fell into thought. "The Elder Tree was correct when it informed us that this was not an acute threat that would be over soon. Not that I harbored such an outlandish hope. Still…"

His eyes narrowed. "This does not bode well for human civilization. Based on the projections of the timelines of varying waves of varying migrative speeds, what is the estimated timeline for the complete suppression and eradication of the beast tide based on how well human civilization is doing now?"

"…We have not been able to come up with a well-informed evaluation of the estimated timeline, Your Majesty," she admitted. "The intelligence is incomplete and keeps coming."

"I understand that; nonetheless, I need to know what our best-informed evaluation of how long this threat will last is," Emperor Rael insisted.