Despite spending weeks formulating a plan to efficiently defeat Zeus, Vahn was still surprised by how quickly the errant God had fallen. His original plan had even required the activation of [Laplace''s Key] and the combined efforts of Artoria and Amaterasu. At no point in any of his visions did he see Zeus attempt to devour his energy directly, reinforcing the idea that Fate was constantly shifting in ways that were difficult, if not impossible, to predict.