Following the Hat Island incident, Rafayel upholds his end of the bargain by handing MC an invitation to The Nest — the underground broker hub where N109 access can be arranged. MC enters The Nest and is attacked. The reveal that follows is unsettling: Rafayel had already traded with information broker Sutherland for an undisclosed item in exchange for MC entering The Nest. He had engineered the situation, confident she would survive. The nature of the item Sutherland provided in return is not disclosed in the current wiki. The scene establishes that Rafayel's protectiveness and his willingness to put MC in danger are not in contradiction — he believes in her capabilities and has his own agenda running in parallel.