Perhaps Mother had also intended to steal the Purification Cult's Time Stop artifact after Beroga was defeated. If that had been part of her plan from the very beginning, then every piece fit together almost perfectly.
Isaac felt an uncomfortable sense of familiarity. Mother's methods reminded him of Catherine.
Catherine always prepared several plans at once and connected them so carefully that even if one failed, another would quietly accomplish the same objective.
Mother felt like a far more dangerous version of Catherine. When Isaac thought about it, that wasn't surprising. After all, Catherine had learned from Mother ever since she was a child.
The thought lingered in Isaac's mind for only a moment before Beroga finally broke the silence.
"…Weren't you used as bait by that woman to draw us out?" Beroga asked.
