Indeed!
And as they complete the drawing, Jelena suddenly starts to feel very uncomfortable. Like there's some great... [i]thing[/i[ out there that she cannot quite get a handle on, like a half-shadow in the gloom which isn't there when you turn the light on.
They draw in now the triangles Vera saw. Elongated triangles. Close around the planet.
In formation.
All kinds, from inter-galactic invaders to the return of Men.
But it doesn't really matter at all what it is. What matters is what they do to prepare.
And hence the symbol being the focus, which they now add on. You now have what the symbol looks like and what it means, which you would not have got if you had left when otherwise you would. This fulfils Vera's vision.
"You must not live in fear of THIS," Vera-Kin says, shaking the parchment again. "To live in fear of your future is to take the path that Aquila chose; she prepared militarily for invasion, but she lost her way and is descending into darkness. That is not Harmony. Certainly it does not hurt that Thalos has a strong military. But I would choose to see this as an opportunity to be embraced, a positive future.
"Otherwise, you will have leaders like Aquila, who come to abuse power and make the populace of your world suffer."