Let's put aside his previous actions for now. Harlan's recent behavior has always given us an inexplicable feeling, a feeling that started when he brazenly attacked the Imperial Border and nearly suffered a total defeat. To this day, I sense an intense dissonance.
His actions are not like those of someone with clear logic and a defined goal. He attacked at unexpected times, lay in wait under unlikely circumstances, and just when he theoretically shouldn't reappear, he suddenly emerged to seize the Feiyali Merchant Ship used as bait—his series of actions have a "rhythm of dissonance," as if he were sleepwalking. The bait ship wandered the Far Border for three whole days; logically, its role as bait should have aroused suspicion by then. If Harlan had been lured out in the first two days, it would make sense, but he chose to appear when the trap was already obvious...
