Oh, the Watchers still have some sizeable secrets. Both the ones they want to share and the ones they don't. Baraqiel, for one, said they have motives prepared for all of us, before the killing was public. So I'm not sure if they're as disconnected to the angels handing motives to us as they want us to believe. Not to mention, I had an interesting chat with Xie Lian.

Baraqiel's someone from Xie Lian's world. The future, yeah, but someone from the same world all the same.

[He leans forward, brooding with his hands intertwined in a Gendo Ikari pose.]

...Just don't use it on the trials, yeah? Unless it's to save your brother or something. 'Cuz what happens there happens. It's inevitable that we'll lose someone, but what's not inevitable is whether we can bring them back and win this thing.