If his suspicions are once again unfortunately confirmed, it would be the worst-case scenario for the survivors.
The committee—the governing body of the refuge—aren't really trustworthy rulers controlling the territory. From the start, they have concealed many things from the public, including the secret of having survived over a century and witnessing firsthand the destruction of the City of Truth. Perhaps the refuge they are in now was built by the seven members of the Democratic Assembly.
Because they foresaw that the City of Truth would be destroyed, and for certain reasons knew clearly that the presence that destroyed the City of Truth had never truly left.
New problems followed.
This prolonged "frontier development," along with their efforts to implant an idea in Ethan's mind by all means, ultimately stem from the salvation of a world of destruction or to continue completing the unfinished tasks in the Sheepskin Book.
