Garrot strokes his beard, believing that he's starting to piece together a bigger, grayer, more frustrating picture. He could ask why they were linked to begin with, but it sounds like it'd have something to do with their roles in the continuation and destruction of the world. And he doesn't really want to go back to thinking about that with the majority of his brain. So instead...

"What about the Knights' companions, who are they linked to?" He thinks it's a good question. They're the same from year to year, and their Knights can support either magical being. But they're part of this same yearly chess match, so they have to be connected somehow... right?