User blog comment:TheCarrotSaysYumYum/FT0 8 - Magnolia is on Fire?/Blue Cat Happy, Review./@comment-25111584-20150220171721/@comment-7418318-20150223091831

Speaking of "seeing through illusions": When he saw the town on fire he didn't even know Mavis was there. When the group fled the first time he said "That should be enough that they'll never come near Magnolia again".

He was very convinced that Mavis left the area days (or however long they trained) ago never to return, until the moment he saw Mavis herself. But at that point he was already too late.