Some study a few years ago found that “spoiling” a movie or a book ending barely influences whether people like it. It’s a bit like going on one of those freaky glass platforms that people like to put on top of cliffs in national parks these days (or a haunted house, or watch a good horror movie…): You know you’re safe but it’s still pretty scary.

So I’m pretty sure that while Penk probably did get some confidence that he would win, I can’t imagine him and the others being particularly relaxed right now. That’s on top of the fact that they don’t have the whole winter elf vision. They only know what they learned from the few sentences Weo told them (which still leave some room for interpretation…)