It was, yes.

[boy, he knows you're not going to love this, Discord, but...]

It...didn't tell everyone else that in alerting the other SQUIPs, it started in motion a rescue from the others. Their expected arrival time is unknown, but it felt that if the others knew that there was a safety net, then they would not put their all into the performance the way that they would if they thought this plan was the only option.