Through the thousands of years Phix and Nudge have known each other, I do believe Nudge has seen this sceen (this mess) before
... but just not recently (in the last few hundred years). Phix had changed. She was not the killing Sphynx she was many years ago.
But now , with secret knowledge divolged of family involvement
... She got mad.
First at Bia (knocked her through the wall)
and staied mad after that. She used the anger to move up in ranking (through some poor Guardian she happen to find).
Now does regret settle in?
Do us proud, Paul. Show us - your fans - how all these happening are tied together and make sence (like you have done so many times in the past), so we can look at it and say ...
"Oh, Yes! Now I understand. And would/might have done the same thing."
(Except the 'EATTING' of the Guardian part.)