[It gets a brief laugh from him (that's exactly as evil as you'd imagine) before he waves it off and answers the question.]

No, not exactly. They prioritized the safety of their leader first and foremost by trying to move her away from the place we were most likely to hit. In theory it would have worked, but their leader is the most disgusting, saintly woman I've ever had the misfortune of meeting. She was damned determined to return to the capital to give her people hope or something. Either way, she walked right into our open arms and figuratively landed herself right on the executioner's block. Though it was really a peak that we were going to force her off, but that's not important!

[oh my god]