Not only Marseille, but also Roland, who was synchronizing with him, Fafnir, Heinkel, and the girls who were participating in the battle, could feel a subtle and eerie deviation. The two words Marseille used were the most accurate description of this dissonance.
Paranoia and contradiction.
Paranoia is easy to understand; the word has always been synonymous with the elf clan and is also an identity plaque and epitaph for the Empire's technicians.