Lakis warns Jo about Crito under pressure

Lakis steers Jo away from Crito’s immediate path but seizes a private moment to subtly warn her about his disloyalty to Hippias. The advice arrives as political forces converge—Crito’s hostility, Krasis and Hippias departing unobserved, and Jo’s desperate need for access to the King. It plants the first seed of doubt about Atlantean loyalties just as the Doctor’s mission teeters on failure, pivoting Jo toward coalition-building with wary insiders and setting up her split-second choice to follow Hippias or return for reinforcements. key_dialogue: [ LAKIS: Have a care. The Lord Crito is no friend to Hippias. ]