But if one truly had absolute confidence at this time, why couldn't they choose to step back and settle for the next best thing, then make adequate preparations for a more long-term plan?
For the Alchemist, he knew he now had Violet as his stalwart supporter.
No matter what the intentions of the town's guard captain were, or how he tried to use his words to negate the potential situations ahead and deny them.
How should one calmly face the issues presented before their eyes under such circumstances, which might serve as a better acknowledgment of reality?
None of this necessarily means that what people see before them is a result and answer deliberately accepted by them.
On the contrary, it might take a different kind of thinking and judgment on the issue to reach an answer that people can see more clearly and intuitively, and understand what the best choice is.
At this point, the situation before one's eyes becomes something that no longer needs further questioning.