I wonder if Steven’s assistant, who was playing an online game at the time of the attack (handle evilrat666) was leaving a trail when he said - while playing the game! - ‘if we make it thru the night.’
He probably assumed they were about to be ‘kidnapped’ per plan.
And when the Ambassador called his boss, thighness, she was probably thinking ‘damn, man, you’re overplaying it, just get kidnapped and quiet down already’.
We might never know.