Mia took the opportunity to tell Cassy that holes had begun to appear again in the barrier that separated Hellfire from the rest of the people of Spartia a week ago.
No one knew why they appeared, and they were sure that it wasn't because of the Demon Lord or his Demons because Rick had told them that they too didn't know how the holes were appearing, and that there were always watchers on their side to warn them when one appeared.
James then told her that Steven had come up with an interesting hypothesis and that for him this barrier should never have been there in the first place, and that it was perhaps to try to recreate a balance between the different races that the barrier was cracking.
To him, separating the Demons from the rest of Spartia's inhabitants had only worsened the rift between them and deepened the hatred they had for each other.
