Talk:The Collector/@comment-34479129-20171218170836

Okay... here's my question.

How did Hawk Moth know Ladybug and Cat Noir were on the roll of finding out his identity? He thought that Adrien had lost the book, but he never heard that Ladybug's secret identity had found it. I know he can sense negative emotions, but that has nothing to do with Ladybug's very accurate theory on his identity. And he was in his lair with no hint whatsoever of what they were doing when he said, "I must become someone else, to lead them astray."

So how would he have known? He obviously can't read thoughts, or else he would've won a long time ago, merely by getting all their plans and reacting accordingly. Soooooo, this probably shouldn't count as an error but I'm still very confused.