Niambi sought protection for the Efravan while councillors portrayed the cat people as a danger to Femeref. Zar and Pallar could not wait indefinitely for a frightened government to become generous, especially with a child being born and Phyrexian machinery approaching.
Niambi's dream-reading and healing warmth helped her reach Magistrate Teshunda, but reassurance alone was not the solution. She and her family made practical shelter possible and brought him to the mine where the refugees' lives could be seen rather than imagined through rumours.
Teshunda recognised Zar Ojanen's ancestry, met the newborn Lark and chose to welcome the Efravan as allies. That decision did not certify the city as free of infiltration. It rejected the claim that uncertainty justified refusing innocent people the right to survive.