"So, basically..."

Running over what he'd just said...

"No one was able to do anything at all."

So the entire trip had been a waste? They'd spent all that time climbing the tower for nothing?

She wasn't blaming Shinjiro, or anyone, for not being able to defeat Nyarlathotep themselves. From the sound of it, they hadn't been given much of a chance. What had Philemon actually been hoping for, anyway? Wasn't Nyarlathotep some sort of godlike being?

There are some parallels she could draw here, but right now, that's about the last thing she wants to do.