He told Dorath about the Mantle Cat before the Thursday run.
Not out of caution. Out of information management. Dorath's team operated in zone eleven, which shared a northeast boundary with zone nine. If the Mantle Cat continued its territorial expansion westward at the same rate, zone eleven's boundary would be within range of its signature inside three weeks. A C-Rank team running a standard contract without knowing that a B-Rank adjacent triple-expression creature was forty metres east of their usual route was a problem.
He laid it out in the same four-sentence format Dorath used for his own briefings: what it was, where it was, which direction it was moving, at what rate.
Dorath listened with his arms at his sides and his expression neutral.
When Kai finished, Dorath said: "B-Rank adjacent."
"Yes."
"In zone nine."
"As of two days ago. Moving west."
A short pause. "Triple expression." Not a question. Confirming he had heard correctly.
"Storm, Shadow, Beast."
