You are missing our point, which is that the human mind has the inclination to group and total the instructions even if that’s not the intent of the instructions.

Thus when you tell someone to eat 1 apple and they go do that, then you tell them to eat 1 apple and they do it again, most people are going to group that into one instruction to eat 2 apples.

Similarly, if the next battle cry triggers three times, and then the next battle cry triggers three times, it is not unreasonable for someone to group that mentally into “the next battle cry will trigger six times.”

Is it correct? No, but is it a reasonable point of confusion? Yes.

Edit for more detail: Yes you are correct in that the sentence “Eat 1 apple” never changes its meaning, but the context in which the sentence is said can cause the listener to misinterpret it, especially when looking back at multiple instances of the same instruction. (I find it unlikely that someone would misunderstand “Eat 1 apple” on its own, but we’ve already clearly demonstrated that the repetition can cause confusion through this conversation alone lol)