Fascinating, Diamond. I had no idea. I'm sure that's not the first time you've protected me when I was evil.
I considered the possibility that the Ranger would leave Rikae, but thought it would be too risky. If it all went wrong, the village would really hate you. At the end, I sort of thought Rikae was lying about being the seer. No real basis for this; the game just got very confusing and I ended up being sceptical about every little thing!
That's what fear and paranoia do.