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In episode 6 of _Death March_ , a swarm of flying ants attacks the town Satoo
is in. Immediately prior to their arrival, he tells some of the military
people (Zena's coworkers) about them. When he does so, he's shown to have used
the skill "Fabrication" (詐術):

[![ep06,
12:48](https://i.stack.imgur.com/JUldz.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/JUldz.jpg)

What was he fabricating (or going to fabricate)? His statement appears to me
to be truthful.


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Why did Satoo use "Fabrication" when the flying ants attacked?


It's a problem with the translation. In the LN, Satoo says "A giant flying ant
like this would never act on its own. Most likely, more will follow. You
should send out as many scouts as possible…" (this comes from the Yen Press
translation of the novel). He's coming up with an feasible explanation with
the Fabrication skill as to why he's sending the girls to find their weapons
since he can't reveal that he has a radar.

In this scene, the dialogue gets cut short, managing only to say "Kono flying
ant wa mure de..." which would be roughly be "This flying ant... the swarm..."
which in a complete form I guess he wanted to say "A flying ant doesn't go far
from its swarm" which would be along the lines of what's said in the YP
translation, YP's translations are quite liberal so it could just be a
rephrasing.


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