Erfworld 83, Page 77

[Occasional Sage]

Possible, but why?

There are lots of reasons why, the most obvious being to ambush the now-even-more-complacent coalition when they arrive, thinking GK essentially deserted.

Now, if the question is, "Why deceive your own troops about leaving, rather than jsut the enemy," I start to run out of answers. Perhaps Stanley has become convinced that Parson, Wanda, or Sizemore really has betrayed him, and he thinks that person is in communication with Ansom?

It's a WAG, though....